Cover Design to Life and Times of Madame du Barry, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

Cover Design to Life and Times of Madame du Barry, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

2-880-204 - Shirley Markham Collection/Heritage Images

Cover Design to Life and Times of Madame du Barry, 1896. 'The dexter arms, crest, supporters and motto [Boutez en avant, meaning 'push forward'] are those of the family of Du Barry Cérès...the sinister arms are presumably those of the famous courtesan's putative father, Gomard de Vaubernier' [Jean Baptiste Gormand de Vaubernier]. Published by Leonard Smithers. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]


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Creator
  1. Aubrey Beardsley, attributed to: British, English: Artist, draftsman, illustrator, writer, author
People Related
  1. R. A. Walker: British: Editor, writer
  2. Leonard Smithers: British: Bookseller and publisher
  3. Madame du Barry: French: Courtesan, mistress of Louis XV of France

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3977x5973
File Size : 69,594kb


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  1. Beardsley109
  1. 0910000518
  1. 2-880-204
  1. 2880204
  1. Beardsley109

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