The Examination of the Herald, for "The Lysistrata of Aristophanes"

ca. 1926

Not on view

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 Examination of the Herald, 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 × 7 in. (25.4 × 17.8 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/16 × 9 15/16 in. (43.7 × 25.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Charles Curtis, 2015
Object Number: 2015.104.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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