The Lacedemonian Ambassadors, for "The Lysistrata of Aristophanes"
This print reproduces one of eight drawing Beardsley made to illustrate the Greek erotic comic play "Lysistrata" for a privately printed edition issued by Leonard Smithers in 1896, reprinted here around 1926 either in London or Paris.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Lacedemonian Ambassadors, for "The Lysistrata of Aristophanes"
- Artist: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (British, Brighton, Sussex 1872–1898 Menton)
- Subject: Aristophanes (Greek, ca. 446–ca. 386 BC)
- Date: ca. 1926
- Medium: Collotype
- Dimensions: Image: 10 1/16 × 6 15/16 in. (25.5 × 17.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 in. × 10 in. (35.3 × 25.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Charles Curtis, 2015
- Object Number: 2015.104.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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