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Prospectus for "The Savoy"

Publisher Leonard Smithers & Co. British
December 1895
Not on view
Pink paper cover containing printed pages of text and an insert. The front is printed with a heavyset John Bull striding across a stage, wearing a set of wings and winged boots, carrying a large pen and a card that reads "Prospectus No. 1, December 1895." A naked boy peeks at him from under the curtain at the back of the stage.This was one of two designs by Beardsley printed on the covers of the prospectus advertizing "The Savoy" magazine to prospective subscribers. The other version shows Pierrot stepping onto a stage.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Prospectus for "The Savoy"
  • Artist: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (British, Brighton, Sussex 1872–1898 Menton)
  • Publisher: Leonard Smithers & Co. (London)
  • Printer: H. S. Nichols
  • Date: December 1895
  • Medium: Illustrations: lIthographs and letterpress
  • Dimensions: 10 1/4 × 7 3/4 in. (26 × 19.7 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.576.94a,b
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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