What’s new
What the coachman saw
30th July 2026
Retired eighteenth-century Parisian coachman Guillaume has seen it all, and in this 1936 illustrated edition Schem brings it to life – intrigues, affairs, misadventures, you name it. New on the website today, see the whole portfolio now by clicking here.
False pretences
28th July 2026
How to fake nobility to seduce women? That's the False Chevalier of Warwick, written in 1750 and illustrated by André Collot in 1958 in his inimitable style. See the whole tale – cross-dressing, chases around Europe, bedroom scenes. All of Collot’s illustrations can be found here.
Intimate secrets
26th July 2026
We’ve just added Louis Berthomme Saint-André’s 1936 illustrations for Diderot’s Les bijoux indiscrets, a clever libertine fantasy and political satire in which women speak truth from their bits that can’t lie! A great read, and some colourful etchings – see them all by clicking here.
Beautiful cunts
24th July 2026
If you were part of the alternative scene in the late 1970s you’d almost certainly have been aware of Tee Corinne’s groundbreaking Cunt Colouring Book. Today we bring you all of her labiaflowers, and tell you the story about them. Read about Tee Corinne by clicking here, and see the whole garden here.
What devilry is this?
22nd July 2026
Today’s new portfolio is an anonymous ‘diablerie’ from 1890 titled Album Diabolico. It shows what can happen when you play with those little devils with their horns, tails, and massive appendages. See them all now by clicking here, and be tempted.
Zodiac
20th July 2026
We’ve waited for five years to find Monica Guevara’s 1996 Erotic Zodiac portfolio, and then a generous follower told us that he’d just acquired a complete set – so now we can share them with you all. See them now by clicking here. Thank you JB!
The cream of art deco
17th July 2026
Joseph Kuhn-Régnier only produced three major illustration portfolios, and all in the space of the early 1930s. But what triumphs they are – Bilitis, Praxagora, and the complete medical treatises of Hippocrates. You can see all three now by clicking here. What a treat!
Helping to find your way around
16th July 2026
You asked for it, we’ve done it – all the artists on the site now have a set of ‘Similar artists’ links at the end of their biography, so whether it’s bookplate artists, spanking artists, gay artists, whatever, you can cruise easily from artist to similar artist. Have fun!
Hans-Jürgen Döpp – a tribute
15th July 2026
Hans-Jürgen Döpp (3 May 1940–30 January 2025) – the collector who shared a hidden history of desireSome figures shape a field not by standing at its centre, but by preserving, interpreting and sharing what others overlook. Hans-Jürgen Döpp, who died last year at the age of 84, was one such figure… read more
Carmen
14th July 2026
Today we bring you Jean Traynier’s 1943 illustrations for Prosper Mérimée’s famous tale of the beautiful and fiercely independent Carmen, the woman who values personal freedom above all else. See Traynier’s interpretation of this famous story now by clicking here.
Important recent updates
✨ Illustrator and portfolio lists
One of the most common requests we get (and the responses to the recent questionnaire confirm this) is that it would be really useful to have complete listings of all the artists and portfolios on the website – as of May 2026 728 artists and 2,003 portfolios!
So we’ve listened and heard … and by following this link you will find files with these listings in alphabetical order (and where there are several portfolios with the same name their artists will be in order too). The lists are in PDF format, so you can download, save and search them. They duplicate what you can already find in the artist and portfolio listings on the website, but if you’re really into erotic art and illustration and would like a quick ready reference, you should find these invaluable. Enjoy!
✨ Helping you to find your way around
You asked for it, we’ve done it – all the artists on the site now have a set of ‘Similar artists’ links at the end of their biography, so whether it’s bookplate artists, spanking artists, gay artists, whatever, you can cruise easily from artist to similar artist. Have fun!
✨ Hans-Jürgen Döpp, 1940–2025
Few people have shared their wisdom, experience – and wonderful collection of erotic art – more than Hans-Jürgen Döpp, who sadly died last year at the age of 84. For more than half a century Hans-Jürgen devoted himself to the study and collection of erotic art, not as a marginal curiosity or a private indulgence, but as an essential part of human culture. Through his work as a scholar, teacher, curator, author and collector, he helped establish erotic art as a serious field of artistic and historical enquiry. He was an enthusiastic supporter of honesterotica, sharing more than 200 of his portfolios with us, helping to make the website a unique resource of erotic art that would otherwise have been lost to the world. Read our tribute to Hans-Jürgen here.
✨ The difficult mirror
Artists, childhood, and the challenge of looking
At a time of growing concern about online child safety, we are very aware of how we handle the sensitive subject of depictions of children in art, especially ‘erotic art’. We have added an important Themes and Topics article here, which helps explore how artists over time have depicted naked children, and why it is as important to think seriously about what art is for and how we look at and experience it as about what is actually being depicted. Read the piece and see what you think.