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Night Piece

Print
1894 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A woman in a long black gown, long black gloves, with a black bow around her neck and a large hat walks alone at night with a large commercial building (unidentified) in the background lettered 'TLE Costumes'.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Night Piece (published title)
  • In Leicester Square (alternative title)
  • A Night Piece (alternative title)
Materials and techniques
Line block print
Brief description
'Night Piece', illustration by Aubrey Beardsley for 'The Yellow Book', April 1894
Physical description
A woman in a long black gown, long black gloves, with a black bow around her neck and a large hat walks alone at night with a large commercial building (unidentified) in the background lettered 'TLE Costumes'.
Style
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
The following extract is from p. 82 of the Zatlin catalogue: 'According to the bookseller William Dailey, a 5.5 x 3.5 inch postcard was made of this drawing when it was exhibited in 1908, and it was said to be the first postcard made of a British work of art'.
Collection
Accession number
C.22194

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Record createdAugust 18, 2015
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