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Death and the Maiden.
Art by Scottish artist George Clark Stanton (1832-1894)

Here is some homoerotic fiction about Holmes and Watson by Louis Valentin, published in French magazine 'Lui', October 1979. (Full French text in 2nd tweet)

"While we took a break, I decided to forget about our case and do the "Hound of the Baskervilles", his favorite position".

Tommies Bathing (1918).
"Tommy" is a slang for a common soldier in the British Army.
Art by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925).

Following the fashion of the time, the man is wearing a club wig or Catogan with a ribbon, stockings with blue garter and high heel shoes.

Illustration from Nicolas-Edme Rétif's "L'Anti-Justine" (ed. of 1929) by Le Loup, a pseudonym of French illustrator Jean-Adrien Mercier.

Head Hunter.
Illustration by Spanish artist Luis Royo, published in 'Prohibited' (2000).

Pan and Venus (1865)
Art by French painter Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel.

In his composition, Witkin references two famous artistic figures: Botticelli's Birth of Venus (top part) and the "Dead Christ" (below). There are many similar paintings of this subject, here is the one by Spanish painter Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench (1849-1916).

Nude with Skeleton, 1931.
Art by French painter Jean-Gabriel Domergue

During Saturnalia, social restrictions were relaxed. It was a time when role reversals and behavioral license were possible. Slaves could disrespect their masters without the threat of a punishment.

"Bacchanale" (1897)
Art by German artist Lovis Corinth.