A man with long curly hair and a large feather-plumed headpiece holds up a star in his right hand.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

In the center of this black ink drawing is a solitary standing figure of a man with his back to the viewer. He wears a puffy white costume with a black lacy sash tied around his waist. Perched atop his thick locks of curly hair is a large headpiece erupting with feathers. His right hand raised, his thumb and index finger delicately hold up a shining six-pointed star.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.650
People
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, British (Brighton, England 1872 - 1898 Menton, France)
Title
The New Star
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Rape of the Lock
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1896
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297829

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions
30.8 x 18.4 cm (12 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left: A.B

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Zatlin 985

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.650
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Martin Birnbaum, Jacovleff and Other Artists, Paul A. Struck (New York, 1946), pl. 40
  • 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. 523, repr. p. 524 as figs. 1 and 2 (detail)
  • Linda Gertner Zatlin, Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2016), vol. 2, no. 985, p. 226, repr. p. 227

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