[Text by lar3ry gensch]

"The Toilet of Belle" (toilet.gif, 776x545x2, 12922 bytes) is another
fanart drawing by Bob Ito <ito@[...]>.  This picture is
NOT part of the regular "Ito Galleries, Ink" series created for the
readers of the rec.arts.disney newsgroup.

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The article accompanying this description, when decoded, will produce a
GIF file of artwork depicting cartoon characters lacking some articles
of clothing and in a pose which some people may consider to be
inappropriate or even offensive.  It is NOT recommended for viewing by
young children.  If, after reading this description, you feel you may be
offended by the contents of this graphics file, please do not decode
and/or view the resulting image.
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In Bob's own words:

    [This is] a picture of Belle, which is a spoof of the following
    painting, Diego Valezquez's "Venus at her Mirror" (aka "The Toilet
    of Venus" and "The Rokeby Venus").  I actually got the idea from
    Ward Kimball's "Art Afterpieces," where he had his own version of
    Velazquez's painting (and a number of others), and it was too good
    to pass up.  :-)

For the benefit of the visitors to the Ito Galleries, Ink archive on the
World Wide Web, I have included a JPEG of the original work, located at
the address http://www.tiac.net/users/lar3ry/venus.jpg.  I have no
intention of making this available outside the web-site.

Bob Ito's fanart drawings have a HOME page on the World Wide Web.  Check
out http://www.tiac.net/users/lar3ry/Ito-ink.html to see the entire
collection.  If your web browser does not support HTML tables, there is
a preformatted version of the Ito Galleries at the web address
http://www.tiac.net/users/lar3ry/Ito-list.html.  Please contact the
maintainer of this archive <lar3ry@[...]> for suggestions regarding
this home page.

As usual, contact Bob Ito <ito@[...]> for comments
and queries on his drawings.  Bob really puts a lot of effort into his
drawings, so please feel free to drop him a line with your input -- he
really appreciates it!