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A Footnote

Print
1896 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Line block print depicting a self portrait of the artist standing in a garden. His feet are tied to each other at the ankle and then tied to a post driven into the ground. At the top of the post is a torso of a satyr.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA Footnote (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Print on paper, pasted to green card.
Brief description
Aubrey Beardsley, 'A Footnote', from The Savoy, no.2. April, 1896.
Physical description
Line block print depicting a self portrait of the artist standing in a garden. His feet are tied to each other at the ankle and then tied to a post driven into the ground. At the top of the post is a torso of a satyr.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 218mm
  • Sheet width: 158mm
  • Green card height: 316mm
  • Green card width: 254mm
Object history
This is one of 200 prints made by different photo-process techniques (E.358 to E.556-1899) which are reproductions, chiefly proofs, of designs and illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. They were bought from Mrs A. Gleeson White, 21st January 1899, and had formed part of the collection of Joseph Gleeson White (1851-1898), art historian and first editor of 'The Studio' magazine.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.447-1899

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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