DrawingsBritish19th century

Initial Letter V (Pan); verso: Initial Letters

1898

Artists

Aubrey Vincent BeardsleyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and graphite on white paper; verso: black ink and graphite

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17.8 x 16 cm (7 x 6 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Leonard Smithers. Herbert J. Pollitt, by 1909. [Colnaghi, London, 1921]. [Scott & Fowles, New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York and Lenox, 1921, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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