Women Breaking Hemp, 1893

‘Women Breaking Hemp’ photographed by Félix Arnaudin, print from a gelatin silver bromide negative.  Commensacq, France 1893  

Victorian’s High Fashion, 1864

Victorian’s High Fashion At the height of Victorian fashion one designer took the uptight proper style a bit higher…   Godey’s Lady’s Book, April 1864     The prim and proper Victorian style dominated women fashion for much of the Read More …

Cannabis Woodblock Print, 1891

Hand colored woodblock print of Cannabis from ‘Senshu no Hana’ (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers) by Kono Bairei in 1891      

Mystery of the Trinity, 1968

“Opium dreams: smoker with papal solider discovering the mystery of the Trinity in the breasts and the dove of a woman, with triangular hat jester behind”  – Pablo Picasso, 1968 etching  

Smoking Lover, 19th Century

“This abuna-e shows a woman smoking her pipe as she sits atop of her lover and reaches inside his kimono.” woodblock print, 19th Century “Abuna-e capture glimpses of nude or partially nude females involved in foreplay, bathing, washing their hair, Read More …