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Ink drawing showing a man carrying a platter of books while a nude woman reaches a hand into the pile of books.

The ink drawing depicts two figures standing in a path leading to an architectural structure, surrounded by trees. On the right side of the image is a bald man with downcast eyes carrying a large platter of books overhead. On the left, a much taller woman reaches a hand in towards the pile of books. In the bottom left corner are the artist’s initials, “A.B.”.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.664
People
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, British (Brighton, England 1872 - 1898 Menton, France)
Title
Bookplate of the Artist
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1896
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294723

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and graphite on white paper
Dimensions
17.8 x 12 cm (7 x 4 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l., black ink: "AB."

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Zatlin 1065

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Scofield Thayer
Accession Year
1986
Object Number
1986.664
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Linda Gertner Zatlin, Aubrey Beardsley and Victorian Sexual Politics, The Clarendon Press (Oxford, England, 1990), p. 105, fig. 60
  • James Dempsey, The Tortured Life of Scofield Thayer, University Press of Florida (Gainesville, FL, 2014), pp. 58, 186
  • Linda Gertner Zatlin, Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2016), vol. 2, no. 1065, pp. 374-376, repr. p. 375

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/01/2017 - 11/08/2018

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