A Platonic Lament, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

A Platonic Lament, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

2-880-236 - Shirley Markham Collection/Heritage Images

A Platonic Lament, 1893. A caricature of Oscar Wilde appears in the sky above a nude figure mourning over the body of the Young Syrian. A jester-like figure crouches beneath. Illustration for Wildes's "Salome", [John Lane, 1894]. 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, attributed to: British, English: Artist, draftsman, illustrator, writer, author
People Related
  1. R. A. Walker: British: Editor, writer
  2. Oscar Wilde: Irish: Author, poet, playwright, wit, dramatist
  3. John Lane: British: Publisher

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Society & Culture Art & Literature

People Other

Society & Culture Death & Burial


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  1. Beardsley005
  1. 0910000429
  1. 2-880-236
  1. 2880236
  1. Beardsley005

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