[LCC] Question about an engraving

[alicebrowne at mindspring.com]

The artist's name looks like G. Fraipont. OCLC brings up over 300 records for books illustrated by G. (Gustave) Fraipont. Most of them are obviously not likely sources for the engraving. Catulle Mendes, Les iles d'amour (1886) looks like the likeliest bet; an English translation was privately printed in 1927, which suggests risque content. Other works by Mendes or Gautier are also possibilities.


Good luck,

Alice Browne

-----Original Message-----
>From: Terrence Lockyer <lockyert at mweb.co.za>
>Sent: Jul 14, 2010 6:40 AM
>To: History of Sexuality <H-Histsex at h-net.msu.edu>, LambdaCC <members at lambdacc.org>, Classics List <classics-l at lsv.uky.edu>
>Subject: [LCC] Question about an engraving
>
>Can anyone identify the source / artist of, or provide any more information 
>about, the engraving of a girl dressed in a modern depiction of a Greek 
>huntress' costume embracing another in more conventionally feminine dress 
>shown at
>
>http://www.bilerico.com/gloria/bilcythere.jpg
>
>The only context I have is the post at
>
>http://www.bilerico.com/2010/06/beautiful_cytherea_classic_lesbian_art.php
>
>where the engraving is described as "Victorian" (but in period or locale?) 
>and the title, or name of one of the figures, given as "Cythere", French for 
>Greek Kythereia, an epithet of Aphrodite (whom the Romans identified with 
>Venus).  As I'm not aware of Aphrodite generally being associated with the 
>garb of a huntress (as opposed to Artemis especially), I'm assuming that if 
>one of the figures is she, it must be the non-huntress.
>
>
>Terrence Lockyer
>Johannesburg, South Africa 
>
>
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