Lovers, the kiss

The Kiss (1859), Francesco Hayes

The Kiss (1897), Edvard Munch

The Vampire's Kiss, Max Ernst

Lovers in an upstairs room (1788), Kitagawa Utamaro

A thousand kisses (from a vampire)

Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred.

Then, another thousand, and a second hundred.

Then, yet another thousand, and a hundred.

Then, when we have counted up many thousands,

Let us shake the abacus, so that no one may know the number,

And become jealous when they see

How many kisses we have shared.

-Catullus, poem 5

Thanks for this picture goes to Susan, this picture is from her vintage post card collection.