The Dancer's Reward
Print
1893 (drawn), 1907 (printed)
1893 (drawn), 1907 (printed)
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Black and white line print depicting Salome, enveloped in a long black robe adorned with roses and with a clasp made of roses and extravagantly curled hair, in front of a high circular table on which lies the severed and bloody head of John the Baptist (Jokanaan). Salome grasps some of his hair in her right hand so the head is tilted back and gazes down upon it. There is a pair of slippers, presumably Salome's, in the lower right hand corner of the image.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Line block print |
| Brief description | Line block print of an illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, 'The Dancer's Reward', plate IX for Oscar Wilde's 'Salome', 1893. Printed in Germany, 1907. |
| Physical description | Black and white line print depicting Salome, enveloped in a long black robe adorned with roses and with a clasp made of roses and extravagantly curled hair, in front of a high circular table on which lies the severed and bloody head of John the Baptist (Jokanaan). Salome grasps some of his hair in her right hand so the head is tilted back and gazes down upon it. There is a pair of slippers, presumably Salome's, in the lower right hand corner of the image. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Literary reference | Oscar Wilde's Salome |
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| Accession number | C.22146:13 |
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| Record created | August 18, 2015 |
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