The Victoria & Albert Museum |
This work of pen and ink wash dates to 1898 and is the work of Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872 – 1898). The drawing by the famed artist was intended for reproduction in photogravure as the last plate in the series “Six Drawings illustrating Théophile Gaultier's Romance Mademoiselle de Maupin by Aubrey Beardsley.” The book was published by Leonard Smithers in London.
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