Ink drawing of three figures.
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The ink drawing depicts three figures in an undefined space. The figure on the left wears a voluminous black robe, and a pointy wide-brimmed hat. The folds of her robe are indicated with delicate white dotted lines. One hand is visible, holding a thin rod like a walking cane. Slightly behind her stands a taller figure, holding out what looks like a coin one one hand towards the third figure on the right. The third figure is bald hunched over, wearing ragged clothing and appears to have sores on their left leg.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.668
People
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, British (Brighton, England 1872 - 1898 Menton, France)
Title
Don Juan, Sganarelle, and the Beggar (from Molière's "Don Juan")
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1896
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294987

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and graphite on white paper
Dimensions
20.8 x 12.3 cm (8 3/16 x 4 13/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Zatlin 1021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Scofield Thayer
Accession Year
1986
Object Number
1986.668
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. 2, no. 1021, pp. 293-294, repr. p. 294

Exhibition History

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

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