Citation
"How Four Queens Found Launcelot Sleeping; verso: Tabernacle(?) and Two Heads (Aubrey Vincent Beardsley) , 1986.667,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 04, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/294861.
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The central image of the ink drawing depicts a perfectly symmetrical, circular garden, lined with paths and surrounded by a wall. In the foreground, four standing figures in long, column-like robes look towards the center of the drawing, where a fifth figure lies in repose under a tree, which is placed directly in front of a water fountain. The image is surrounded by an intricate border of twisting vines and flowers. An inset panel in the bottom left reads “HOW FOUR QUEENS FOUND LANCELOT SLEEPING”.