The Stomach Dance, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

The Stomach Dance, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

2-880-242 - Shirley Markham Collection/Heritage Images

The Stomach Dance, 1893. Salome, wearing a peacock feather headdress, performs the dance of the seven veils. A grotesque figure plays a stringed instrument, his phallus barely disguised as part of his clothing. Illustration for "Salome" by Oscar Wilde, [John Lane, 1894]. 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. Oscar Wilde: Irish: Author, poet, playwright, wit, dramatist
  3. John Lane: British: Publisher

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3931x5354
File Size : 61,660kb


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  1. Beardsley009
  1. 0910000430
  1. 2-880-242
  1. 2880242
  1. Beardsley009

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