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A black and white ink drawing of a seated woman looking at a bird.

The ink drawing depicts a woman wearing a long, flowing dress with a floral pattern, seated in front of what appears to be a window. The curtain is drawn aside, revealing a stark landscape . The woman looks at a bird that is flitting across the left side of the image.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.670
People
Imitator of Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, British (Brighton, England 1872 - 1898 Menton, France)
Title
Copy after the front cover of "A Book of Fifty Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1897
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295114

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and graphite on white paper
Dimensions
actual: 26.4 x 22 cm (10 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Scofield Thayer
Accession Year
1986
Object Number
1986.670
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • James Dempsey, The Tortured Life of Scofield Thayer, University Press of Florida (Gainesville, FL, 2014), pp. 58, 186
  • Linda Gertner Zatlin, Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2016), vol. 2, p. 372

Verification Level

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