A stocky, elderly woman in a pink dress with a feathered hat reads a letter.
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Recto Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

This drawing shows a stocky, elderly woman wearing a simple pink dress over a full-length black gown. Her wide hat is ornamented with puffy white feathers and a single black bow. She looks down to read a letter in her right hand. The background of this drawing is plain, with just a green floor and white wall.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.399
People
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, British (Brighton, England 1872 - 1898 Menton, France)
Title
Fragment of "L'Education Sentimentale"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1894
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297875

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, watercolor, and graphite on white paper
Dimensions
27.6 x 9 cm (10 7/8 x 3 9/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Zatlin 889B

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.399
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Chris Snodgrass, Aubrey Beardsley: Dandy of the Grotesque, Oxford University Press (NY) and Oxford University Press (UK) (New York, NY and Oxford, England, 1995), pp. 30-31
  • Linda Gertner Zatlin, Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2016), vol. 2, no. 889B, pp. 78-80, repr. p. 79

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