DrawingsBritish19th century

Initial Letter M (Fertility); verso: Sketch of a Candelabra

1897-1898

Artists

Aubrey Vincent BeardsleyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

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

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17.9 x 15.6 cm (7 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Leonard Smithers. Herbert J. Pollitt, by 1909. [Colnaighi, London, 1921], sold; to [Scott & Fowles, New York, 1921], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York and Lenox, 1922, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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