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

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

2-880-232 - Shirley Markham Collection/Heritage Images

Initial Letter V (Satyr) 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]


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People Information

Creator
  1. Aubrey Beardsley: Artist, draftsman, illustrator, writer, author
People Related
  1. R. A. Walker: British: Editor, writer
  2. Ben Johnson: British; English: Actor, playwright, dramatist, lyric poet, and literary critic
  3. Leonard Smithers: British: Bookseller and publisher

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Religion & Belief Mythology

Society & Culture Art & Literature


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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4194x4558
File Size : 56,005kb


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  1. Beardsley131
  1. 0910000540
  1. 2-880-232
  1. 2880232
  1. Beardsley131

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