The Peacock Skirt
Print
1890s (made), 1907 (published)
1890s (made), 1907 (published)
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Black and white print depicting a woman, presumed to be Salome, viewed from the back, in a flowing robe with a dramatic stylised peacock design on the skirt, as well as an elaborate headdress complete with stylised peacock feathers, some of which trail down her back. To her left is a stylised peacock within a decorative dotted, scalloped border, whilst on her right is a male figure, generally assumed to be the Young Syrian, with his left arm partially outstretched, wearing a pleated knee-length robe and a headdress.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | print |
| Brief description | Print by Aubrey Beardsley, 'The Peacock Skirt', plate V 'Salome' by Oscar Wilde'. |
| Physical description | Black and white print depicting a woman, presumed to be Salome, viewed from the back, in a flowing robe with a dramatic stylised peacock design on the skirt, as well as an elaborate headdress complete with stylised peacock feathers, some of which trail down her back. To her left is a stylised peacock within a decorative dotted, scalloped border, whilst on her right is a male figure, generally assumed to be the Young Syrian, with his left arm partially outstretched, wearing a pleated knee-length robe and a headdress. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Object history | According to Stephen Calloway in his book, Aubrey Beardsley, London: V&A Publications, 1998, p. 66: 'Whilst retaining some slight reminiscences and mannerisms of Beardsley's Mantegnesque style, The Peacock Skirt, of all the Salome pictures, most clearly reveals his great debt to Whistler's painted decorations in the house of Frederick Leyland.' |
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| Literary reference | Oscar Wilde's 'Salome' |
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| Accession number | C.22146:2 |
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| Record created | August 18, 2015 |
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