The Rape of the Lock
Print
1896 (made)
1896 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
In a large ballroom figures dressed in the Rococo style mingle with each other. The dresses are very elaborately designed, as are the curtains and the screen at the rear of the composition. In the foreground is a small table serving tea and a small figure at its left having a cup.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | The Rape of the Lock (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley for 'The Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope, published by Leonard Smithers, 1896 |
| Physical description | In a large ballroom figures dressed in the Rococo style mingle with each other. The dresses are very elaborately designed, as are the curtains and the screen at the rear of the composition. In the foreground is a small table serving tea and a small figure at its left having a cup. |
| Style | |
| Literary reference | Alexander Pope's 'The Rape of the Lock' |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.22147:5 |
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| Record created | August 18, 2015 |
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