Sujet

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

Légende

Initial Letter V (Elephant) 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_460

Model release

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Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,0Mo (5,4Mo) / 35,6cm x 38,7cm / 4200 x 4574 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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