Eugène le Poitevin (1806 - 1870) Diableries érotiques 1832.Diableries érotiques (English: erotic devilries) is the title given to a series of lithographs by French artist Eugène le Poitevin, depicting devils and other diabolic creatures playing various tricks on young girls. The first album of these lithographs was entitled Les diables de lithographies! (1832, English: Devilish lithographs):
"Upon its publication, Les Diables de Lithographies was hugely popular, a sensational success that became en vogue, so much so that demand for further "devilries" became enormous. Le Poitevin quickly followed with Les diableries érotiques; Petits sujets des diableries; Bizarreries diaboliques; and Encore des Diableries. A. de Bayalos's Diablotins and Michel Delaporte's Récréations diabolico-fantasmagoriques continued in the genre that Le Poitevin established."
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