Frontispiece to "Plays" by John Davidson, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

Frontispiece to "Plays" by John Davidson, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

2-880-276 - Shirley Markham Collection/Heritage Images

Frontispiece to "Plays" by John Davidson, 1893. Caricatures of notable figures of the day: Sir Augustus Harris (centre), the manager of the Covent Garden, Drury Lane and Her Majesty's theatres; a corpulent Oscar Wilde is portrayed as Bacchus; the nude woman beside him is Beardsley's actress sister Mabel; Henry Harland, American literary editor of the 'Yellow Book', is shown as a faun; the masked figure at the back is the poet Richard Le Gallienne, and the ballerina on the right is the dancer Adeline Genee. Illustration to "Plays" by John Davidson, [John Lane, 1894]. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Aubrey Beardsley, attributed to: British, English: Artist, draftsman, illustrator, writer, author
Subject
  1. Oscar Wilde: Irish: Author, poet, playwright, wit, dramatist
  2. Augustus Harris: British: actor, impresario, dramatist
  3. Mabel Beardsley: British: Actor
  4. Henry Harland: American: Author, writer, novelist, editor
  5. Richard Le Gallienne: British: Poet
  6. Adeline Genee: British, Danish: Ballet dancer, ballerina
People Related
  1. R. A. Walker: British: Editor, writer
  2. John Davidson: Scottish, British: Poet, playwright and writer
  3. John Lane: British: Publisher

Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Satire

Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Satires

Artistic Representations Caricatures

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3646x5469
File Size : 58,418kb


Aliases

  1. Beardsley016
  1. 0910000436
  1. 2-880-276
  1. 2880276
  1. Beardsley016

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