Enter Herodias
Print
1893 (drawn)
1893 (drawn)
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Black and white line block print on Japanese vellum depicting four figures, including the statuesque queen in the centre with bare breasts and billowing hair, a naked androgynous figure of a page wearing a large fig leaf, a jester-type owl-capped figure in the bottom right, and a foetus-headed grotesque attendant to the left of the image. This figure conceals a large erection beneath his garment. Further phallic motifs can be seen in the sconces of the candlestick in the lower frieze of the design.
Object details
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| Title | Enter Herodias (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photo-process print on paper |
| Brief description | Print by Aubrey Beardsley, 'Enter Herodias', plate IX from 'A Portfolio of Aubrey Beardsley's drawings illustrating 'Salome' by Oscar Wilde' |
| Physical description | Black and white line block print on Japanese vellum depicting four figures, including the statuesque queen in the centre with bare breasts and billowing hair, a naked androgynous figure of a page wearing a large fig leaf, a jester-type owl-capped figure in the bottom right, and a foetus-headed grotesque attendant to the left of the image. This figure conceals a large erection beneath his garment. Further phallic motifs can be seen in the sconces of the candlestick in the lower frieze of the design. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| 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. |
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| Literary reference | 'Salome' by Oscar Wilde |
| Associated object | E.430-1972 (Version) |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.412-1899 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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