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

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

2-880-234 - Shirley Markham Collection/Heritage Images

Initial Letter V (Elephant) 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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Creator
  1. Aubrey Beardsley, attributed to: British, English: 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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  1. Beardsley134
  1. 0910000543
  1. 2-880-234
  1. 2880234
  1. Beardsley134

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