Sujet

A Platonic Lament, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

Légende

A Platonic Lament, 1893. A caricature of Oscar Wilde appears in the sky above a nude figure mourning over the body of the Young Syrian. A jester-like figure crouches beneath. Illustration for Wildes's "Salome", [John Lane, 1894]. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Amanda Waite

Notre référence

HRM22A17_461

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,8Mo (2,0Mo) / 33,9cm x 46,4cm / 4003 x 5481 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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