Hooker Heroes: Credits

Credits

Most of the text in Hooker Heroes is new and copyrighted material authored entirely by me, Blake Linton Wilfong. A few items, however, are selected from the public domain. These are:

"The Ruined Maid" by Thomas Hardy, 1901
"The False Gems" by Guy de Maupassant, circa 1885
"The miners came in '49", anonymous, late 1800s
excerpts from "The History of Prostitution" by William W. Sanger, 1897 reprint

NOTE: I claim copyright in the compilation and editing of these works and their illustrations.

All photographs and artwork in Hooker Heroes are my own work, public domain, or carry Creative Commons Attribution licenses. Here are detailed credits for every image in Hooker Heroes:

Table of Contents

The Aphrodite of Cnidos: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Geisha: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"Nana": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Hooker Goddesses

Woman at the Window: Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Public domain status specified here: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324695
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Détail d'un décor tantrique sculpté by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) from Flickr

The Hetairae of Ancient Greece

Symposium: from Life in Ancient Greece Coloring Book, Dover Pictorial Archive, royalty-free
The Aphrodite of Cnidos: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

The Pyramid Builder

Woman in front of pyramid: Public domain from Pixabay
Hieroglyphics: Declared copyright-free by photographer Jon Bodsworth at Wikimedia Commons

Patrons of American Music

Photo of Scott Joplin: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Jelly Roll Morton at the piano: Public domain from Stanford University

Inventors of the Tango

Tango dancers: Public domain from Pixabay
Tango dancers: Public domain from Pixabay

The Models of Storyville

Prostitute photo by E. J. Bellocq: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Photograph of Ernest J. Bellocq: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Inspiring Toulouse-Lautrec

Photo of Toulouse-Lautrec: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"Moulin Rouge": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"In Bed": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"In the Salon at the Rue des Moulins": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Victorine Meurent

Portrait of Victorine Meurent: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"Luncheon on the Grass": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"Olympia": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Bathing Beauties

Photo of Degas: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"Study": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"The Tub": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"After the Bath: Woman Drying Her Feet": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Geishas of the Floating World

"Courtesans of the Ogiya Brothel": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"The Courtesan Nakagawa of the Matsubaya Teahouse": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Painted Ladies

"The Naked Maja": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"Nana": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"A Modern Olympia": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"The Demoiselles of Avignon": Public domain from Wikipedia
"The Haymarket": Public domain from WikiArt

The Ruined Maid

Portrait of Thomas Hardy: Public domain from The New Practical Reference Library, 1919
Fancy Lady: Public domain from Pixabay

The False Gems

Portrait of Guy de Maupassant: Public domain from Greatest Short Stories vol. 8, 1915
Treasure chest: Public domain from Pixabay

Entertainers of the Rich and Famous, Part I

Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen: Public domain from The New Practical Reference Library, 1919
Self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of H.G. Wells: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of John F. Kennedy: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Lord Byron: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of J.P. Morgan: Public domain from The New Practical Reference Library, 1919

Entertainers of the Rich and Famous, Part II

Portrait of Franz Liszt: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Edward VII: from The New Practical Reference Library, 1919, public domain: removed background
Portrait of Babe Ruth: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Warren G. Harding: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Eva Peron: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Oscar Wilde: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Entertainers of the Rich and Famous, Part III

Portrait of Victor Hugo: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of John Barrymore: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of George Gershwin: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Napoleon I: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Ernest Hemingway: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Diego Rivera: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Entertainers of the Rich and Famous, Part IV

Portrait of Clark Gable: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Bust of Julius Caesar: Public domain from The New Practical Reference Library, 1919
Portrait of Thomas Wolfe: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Isaac Singer: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Charlie Sheen by Matthew Straubmuller: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) from Flickr

Pioneers of the Wild West

Old-time prostitute: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Chicken Ranch sign: Photograph by Blake Linton Wilfong

Science and Medicine

Sexy nurse: Public domain from Pixabay
Sexual response cycle: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

About the Author

Portrait of Blake Linton Wilfong: Photograph by Blake Linton Wilfong

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