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The Toilet, from The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope by Aubrey Beardsley

The Toilet, from The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope

Aubrey Beardsley · 1890

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DETAILS
Artist
Aubrey Beardsley
Date
1890
Medium
pen and black ink with traces of graphite underdrawing
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Drawings
Culture
England, 19th century
Credit line
Dudley P. Allen Fund
ART MOVEMENTS
Aestheticism
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Aubrey Beardsley

Master of sinuous black ink who revolutionized book illustration with his provocative drawings for Wilde's Salomé.

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