Sujet

Frontispiece to Volpone by Ben Jonson, 1898. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

Légende

Frontispiece to Volpone by Ben Jonson, 1898. Volpone, a greedy and rich childless Venetian, rubs his hands in front of his riches. Illustration for an edition of Ben Jonson's eponymous comedy play, published by Leonard Smithers. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Amanda Waite

Notre référence

HRM22A17_437

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

61,8Mo (6,2Mo) / 33,1cm x 46,8cm / 3907 x 5532 (300dpi)

Mots clés

wealth people male man men hands arts metal body bodies rich art book guy British profile design gold jewellery jewelry wealthy text century affluence riches Art Nouveau gesturing Britain treasure rubbing literature concept greedy B&W full length hand gesture full-length lettering publishing Miser 19th century graphic design black & white black and white B W nineteenth century frontispiece illustration Johnson Walker Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley Ben Johnson Jonson Ben Jonson Benjamin Jonson publishing house Beardsley Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Bodley Head Shirley Markham Benjamin Ben B Jonson R. A. Walker R. A. Rainforth Armitage Walker Rainforth Armitage 19th-century Decadent movement