The Rape of the Lock
Designer: Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent
Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Production date: AD 1896
Sixth illustration facing p. 20 in The Rape of the Lock an heroi-comical poem in five cantos written by Alexander Pope embroidered with nine drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. Published by Leonard Smithers, London, May 1896.
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paper
Image
Height 201 mm
Width 136 mm
Sheet
Height 251 mm
Width 183 mm
Accession number: P.499-1991
Primary reference Number: 18325
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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