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La Dame aux Camélias

Print
1894 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Image showing a woman at her toilette, wearing a large fur coat and an elegant dress with a short train with a peacock feather motif. The room is wallpapered with a camellia motif.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLa Dame aux Camélias (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Line block print
Brief description
'La Dame aux Camélias', line block printed illustration by Aubrey Beardsley for 'The Yellow Book' vol 3, October 1894
Physical description
Image showing a woman at her toilette, wearing a large fur coat and an elegant dress with a short train with a peacock feather motif. The room is wallpapered with a camellia motif.
Style
Bibliographic reference
In 'Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonné, Volume II' by Linda Gertner Zatlin, Yale University Press, 2016, the author notes on p. 109 that Beardsley may not have titled this work himself and indeed it must be remembered he rarely titled his drawings. On p. 110, she notes that 'The profile of the woman can be identified as that of Beardsley's sister Mabel whom he drew repeatedly'.
Collection
Accession number
C.22201

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Record createdAugust 18, 2015
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