A Portfolio of Aubrey Beardsley's Drawings Illustrating Salomé by Oscar Wilde
In 1907 John Lane issued a portfolio of designs that Aubrey Beardsley created in 1894 for the first British edition of "Salomé." Oscar Wilde's play had been written in French in 1891 then translated into English by Lord Alfred Douglas. Several of the images Beardsley submitted were judged to be too erotic to publish, and either altered or omitted. All were, however, included in the 1907 set.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Portfolio of Aubrey Beardsley's Drawings Illustrating Salomé by Oscar Wilde
- Artist: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (British, Brighton, Sussex 1872–1898 Menton)
- Publisher: John Lane, The Bodley Head
- Author: Related author Oscar Wilde (Irish, Dublin 1854–1900 Paris)
- Date: [1907]
- Medium: Halftone print, and process prints from line blocks
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 11/16 × 10 11/16 in. (34.7 × 27.2 cm)
- Classifications: Portfolios, Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of A. Hyatt Mayor, 1963
- Object Number: 63.693.2(1–17)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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