11 Extraordinarily Racy Works Of Vintage Erotica

    Because there was smut long, long before the Internet. All images from the Wellcome Collection.

    1. This excited man being ridden like a horse, circa 1880.

    2. This image showing two lovers pleasuring each other, from an 1825 erotic book called Invocation à l'amour.

    3. Which also contains illustrations like this.

    4. And this.

    5. This Nineteenth Century Indian image of two women with root vegetables that they hopefully won't later eat.

    6. Which comes from the same collection as this illustration of a man doing unspeakable things with a goat.

    7. And this man having a run-in with a devil.

    8. And this man getting far, far too excited over some birds.

    9. This Chinese illustration of a couple being spied on.

    10. This Persian couple from 1824 doing much the same.

    11. And these porcelain fruit from 1900, which have quite a surprise inside.