DrawingsBritish19th century

Salome on Settle (Maîtresse d'Orchèstre)

1893

Artists

Aubrey Vincent BeardsleyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and graphite on white wove paper

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

23 x 16.4 cm (9 1/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

Provenance

John Lane, bequest; to Annie Lane, his wife, sold [through her sale, Anderson Galleries, November 22, 1926, lot 16]; to [Scott & Fowles, New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York and Lenox, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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