Early Victorian Erotic Photography by Irene Forde.

The early history of erotic photography is a fascinating glimpse into an age of strict morality, when a woman's naked form sent men into a frenzy and gave their wives a touch of the vapours!

Pictures of nude women prior to 1835 generally consisted of paintings and drawings which were displayed in all respectability on the walls of art galleries and in country houses.

When the new technology of photography appeared around 1835 it was quickly taken up by artists, eager for new ways to illustrate the undraped feminine form.