Tickling in Art

[Fetish Affairs]

From the Illustrated Police News, a 19th century British tabloid.

awesome

 

[U.N.Owen]

I really doubt that's 19th century. They wouldn't have spelled "tickling" wrong. Probably a modern fetish image in an old style.

 

[sheisgone24]

I really doubt that's 19th century. They wouldn't have spelled "tickling" wrong. Probably a modern fetish image in an old style.

That might have been the 19th Century spelling of tickling - spelling has evolved over time. That also might be "British English" as opposed to "American English" - I will have to research.

 

[sheisgone24]

Happy New Year, Gigi!
p.s. What book are those cool old illustrations from? Very nice!

Hi Silky! Looks like we are back in business - I am still doing some "research" ..... great stuff, my initial guess is something Italian, the Decameron?

 

[tendersilky]

19th century tabloid - The Illustrated Police News

I really doubt that's 19th century. They wouldn't have spelled "tickling" wrong. Probably a modern fetish image in an old style.

The Illustrated Police News was a weekly illustrated newspaper which was one of the earliest British tabloids. First published in 1863, The Illustrated Police News ended publication in 1938.

It featured sensational and melodramatic reports and illustrations of murders and hangings and was a direct descendant of the execution broadsheets of the 18th century.

Its standards of illustration and tone were reminiscent of the old Newgate Calendar and the popular "Penny dreadfuls", and it gained a reputation for sensationalism during the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888.

 

[love feet]

cool!

 

[U.N.Owen]

The Illustrated Police News was a weekly illustrated newspaper which was one of the earliest British tabloids. First published in 1863, The Illustrated Police News ended publication in 1938.

It featured sensational and melodramatic reports and illustrations of murders and hangings and was a direct descendant of the execution broadsheets of the 18th century.

Its standards of illustration and tone were reminiscent of the old Newgate Calendar and the popular "Penny dreadfuls", and it gained a reputation for sensationalism during the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888.

All true. But unless someone has a pic of the whole page with that image, I still doubt the image came from that source.

That said, the idea of a criminal tickling his wife (or wives) to death did come up in 19th century England. It's featured in a wax museum in Dickens' Old Curiosity Shop, with the criminal's fingers curled in the act of tickling!