The Death of Pierrot, from The Savoy No. 6, 1896. Characters from the Commedia dell'Arte tiptoe towards the dying Pierrot, an alllusion to Beardsley's own death from tuberculosis less than two years later. Published in "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]
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