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A person wearing a black costume, with an eye mask, 3-pointed hat, and scabbard.

This black ink drawing shows a person wearing a voluminous black costume with white ruffled cuffs and neckline. The outfit is complemented by a black eye mask, a 3-pointed hat, tiny shoes adorned with bowties, and a scabbard tied to a white sash around the waist. This costumed person, whose gender is unclear, looks directly forward with their hands on their large hips, causing the scabbard to point upward.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.121
People
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, British (Brighton, England 1872 - 1898 Menton, France)
Title
Cover Device and Title Page Vignette for John Davidson's "Plays"
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Masked Pierrot, for "Plays" by John Davidson
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1893
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298139

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink over graphite on off-white paper
Dimensions
16.2 x 7 cm (6 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Zatlin 332

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.121
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. 79
  • Linda Gertner Zatlin, Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2016), vol. 1, no. 332, p. 220, repr. p. 220; vol. 2, repr. endpaper

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

Verification Level

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