1942.120: An Angel
DrawingsThis black ink drawing shows an angel’s head in profile view. The angel, whose gender is unclear, has a large mass of thick, curly hair, with black feathers tied to the back of the neck. The angel’s face, looking to the right, features full lips and a protruding chin.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.120
- People
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Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, British (Brighton, England 1872 - 1898 Menton, France)
- Title
- An Angel
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Vignette Design for "Bon Mots"
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1892
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/298138
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink on white paper, laid down
- Dimensions
- 6 x 4.7 cm (2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Zatlin 698
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
- Accession Year
- 1942
- Object Number
- 1942.120
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Linda Gertner Zatlin, Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2016), vol. 1, no. 698, p. 430, repr. pp. 421, 430
Verification Level
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