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An angel’s head in profile view, with black feathers flowing from the back of the neck.

This black ink drawing shows an angel’s head in profile view. The angel, whose gender is unclear, has a large mass of thick, curly hair, with black feathers tied to the back of the neck. The angel’s face, looking to the right, features full lips and a protruding chin.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.120
People
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, British (Brighton, England 1872 - 1898 Menton, France)
Title
An Angel
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Vignette Design for "Bon Mots"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1892
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298138

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on white paper, laid down
Dimensions
6 x 4.7 cm (2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Zatlin 698

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.120
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Linda Gertner Zatlin, Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2016), vol. 1, no. 698, p. 430, repr. pp. 421, 430

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