Volpone Initial 'S'
Print
ca. 1898 (made)
ca. 1898 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Half tone line block design for a capital letter V for a Leonard Smithers publication of 'Volpone' in 1898.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Volpone Initial 'S' (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Half tone line block print |
| Brief description | Aubrey Beardsley proof for the letter 'V' for a publication of 'Volpone' by Ben Jonson. Great Britain, ca. 1898. |
| Physical description | Half tone line block design for a capital letter V for a Leonard Smithers publication of 'Volpone' in 1898. |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | The following reference is from Calloway, S. (1998). Aubrey Beardsley. V & A Publications: 'The five historiated initials completed for Volpone shortly before his death, represented a new, baroque departure in Beardsley's art. Using pencil-work to achieve a robust richness of tone and modelling, these last five drawings completed by the artist only just before he ceased to be able to work remain both as a testament and as a tantalising glimpse of how his work might have developed with more time'. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1096-1996 |
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| Record created | April 20, 2009 |
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