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A woman wearing a large, shoulder-less gown, inside a neoclassical interior with a window to a garden behind.

In the center of this black ink drawing, a woman stands behind a counter, in between two pairs of neoclassical Corinthian-style columns. She is wearing a large, shoulder-less gown, and a ribbon tied in her curly hair. On the counter are exotic specimens, including a lamp and a pair of doves. Behind her, a window opens to a garden with a streaming fountain.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.644
People
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, British (Brighton, England 1872 - 1898 Menton, France)
Title
Frontispiece Design; verso: Sketch of a Dress
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of Venus and Tannhauser
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1894
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297813

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and graphite on white wove paper; verso: black ink
Dimensions
29.7 x 17.8 cm (11 11/16 x 7 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Zatlin 942

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.644
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Joseph Pennell, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Original Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley, exh. cat., Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY, 1923), no. 76
  • Penley Knipe and Miriam Stewart, "Behind the 'Blot'" Technical Notes on the Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley, Master Drawings (Winter 2015), LIII, no. 4, pp. 523-530, p. 524, repr. p. 525 as figs. 4 and 5 (detail)
  • Linda Gertner Zatlin, Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2016), vol. 2, no. 942r, pp. 154-156, repr. p. 155 (recto); no. 942v, p. 156, repr. p. 156 (verso)

Exhibition History

  • An Exhibition of Original Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley, Brooklyn Museum, 12/19/1923 - 01/31/1924; Milwaukee Art Institute, 10/01/1924 - 10/30/1924; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 11/01/1924 - 11/30/1924; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, 11/29/1924 - 12/31/1924

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