Sujet

Initial Letter S (Vulture) to Volpone, 1898. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

Légende

Initial Letter S (Vulture) to Volpone, 1898. Illustration for an edition of Ben Jonson's eponymous comedy play, published by Leonard Smithers. This and four others were the only ones of twenty-four contemplated drawings that Beardsley managed to complete before he died of consumption aged 25. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Amanda Waite

Notre référence

HRM22A17_456

Model release

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Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,0Mo (5,4Mo) / 36,0cm x 38,3cm / 4256 x 4520 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal arts bird birds play art British design drama jewellery jewelry text century drawing Art Nouveau Britain vulture B&W lettering 19th century graphic design black & white black and white B W initial nineteenth century illustration Johnson Walker Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley Ben Johnson Jonson Ben Jonson Benjamin Jonson Smithers Beardsley Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Volpone Shirley Markham Benjamin Ben Leonard B Jonson R. A. Walker R. A. Rainforth Armitage Walker Rainforth Armitage 19th-century Decadent movement Leonard Smithers Leonard Charles Smithers Leonard Charl