Cover Design to Sappho, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

Cover Design to Sappho, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

2-880-255 - Shirley Markham Collection/Heritage Images

Cover Design to Sappho, 1895. Lyre motif, illustration for "Sappho: Memoir, Text, Selected Renderings and a Literal Translation", by Henry Thornton Wharton, on the work of the Greek lyric poet. Her poems were written to be sung while accompanied by music. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]


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People Information

Creator
  1. Aubrey Beardsley, attributed to: British, English: Artist, draftsman, illustrator, writer, author
People Related
  1. Henry Thornton Wharton: British: Author, writer
  2. R. A. Walker: British: Editor, writer
  3. Sappho: Greek: Poet

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Society & Culture Art & Literature


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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3196x5154
File Size : 48,259kb


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  1. Beardsley058
  1. 0910000475
  1. 2-880-255
  1. 2880255
  1. Beardsley058

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