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Pierrot in a Hat and Cape

Drawing
1893 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pen and ink drawing with traces of pencil on white wove paper, depicting a portly Pierrot figure in a one-piece costume with roses around the waist.

Object details

Object type
TitlePierrot in a Hat and Cape (assigned by artist)
Brief description
Drawing by Aubrey Beardsley, Vignette for p. 75 in Bon-Mots of Charles Lamb and Douglas Jerrold, ed. by Walter Jerrold and published by J. M. Dent and Co., London 1893.
Physical description
Pen and ink drawing with traces of pencil on white wove paper, depicting a portly Pierrot figure in a one-piece costume with roses around the waist.
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support
Object history
Provenance: R. A. Harari
Bibliographic reference
Collection
Accession number
E.311-1972

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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