Sujet

Initial Letter V (Satyr) to Volpone, 1898. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

Légende

Initial Letter V (Satyr) 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_458

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,7Mo (5,1Mo) / 35,5cm x 38,6cm / 4194 x 4558 (300dpi)

Mots clés

arts play sculpture art British design drama text century drawing Art Nouveau Britain mythology B&W lettering 19th century graphic design black & white black and white B W initial nineteenth century Satyr illustration Johnson Walker Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley Ben Johnson Jonson Ben Jonson Benjamin Jonson Smithers Beardsley Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent herm 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