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A black and white ink drawing of a winged figure praying.

The ink drawing depicts a winged figure against a black background with steepled hands and downcast gaze as if deep in prayer. They wear a floral wreath on their head, and around their wrists are two bracelets. The tips of their wings cross in front of them, and the long vertical lines of the feathers are echoed in the long, column-like robe that they wear. In the top right corner is a blank inset panel.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.672
People
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, British (Brighton, England 1872 - 1898 Menton, France)
Title
Praying Angel
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Le Morte Darthur
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1893
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294859

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and graphite on white paper
Dimensions
15.8 x 6.8 cm (6 1/4 x 2 11/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Zatlin 449

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Scofield Thayer
Accession Year
1986
Object Number
1986.672
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 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. 1, no. 449, p. 285, repr. p. 285

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