DrawingsBritish19th century

Cover

1897

Artists

Aubrey Vincent BeardsleyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.9 x 21.1 cm (11 x 8 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Leonard Smithers. Sold [through Christie's, London, January 12, 1900, lot 120]; to Parsons. [Maggs Brothers]. Dr. von Erdberg. Scofield Thayer, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1986

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