Title

Initial Letter M (Venus) to Volpone, 1898. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

Caption

Initial Letter M (Venus) to Volpone, 1898. Illustration for an edition of Ben Johnson's eponymous comedy play, published by Leonard Smithers. This and four others were the only ones of twenty-four contemplated drawings that Beardsley managed to complete before he died of consumption aged 25. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Amanda Waite

Reference

HRM22A17_459

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58,2Mb (5,1Mb) / 14,1in x 16,0in / 4234 x 4806 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women amorini Shirley Markham Benjamin Ben Leonard god of love B Jonson R. A. Walker R. A. Rainforth Armitage Walker Rainforth Armitage 19th-century Decadent movement Leonard Smithers Leonard Charles Smithers Leonard Charl woman people male boy boys child children religious arts play religion naked body bodies nude art wings British design drama deity God text century drawing Art Nouveau gesturing Britain breast cherub cherubs concept breasts cupid angelic Venus B&W nudity hand gesture lettering goddess nakedness putto allegory 19th century graphic design black & white black and white B W allegorical allegorical figure cherubim initial nineteenth century artistic school putti winged figure illustration Johnson Walker Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley Ben Johnson Jonson Ben Jonson Benjamin Jonson Smithers Beardsley Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Goddess of Love Volpone