AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY. Young Woman Surrounded by Briars, Lightning and Roses (Chapter Heading for Thomas Malory, "Le Morte d'Arthur, " J. M. Dent 1893-94, Part III, book vi, chapter xvii, p. 215 and Part VII, book x, chapter xxii, p. 500)

AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY (1872-1898)

Young Woman Surrounded by Briars, Lightning and Roses (Chapter Heading for Thomas Malory, "Le Morte d'Arthur, " J. M. Dent 1893-94, Part III, book vi, chapter xvii, p. 215 and Part VII, book x, chapter xxii, p. 500)

Young Woman Surrounded by Briars, Lightning and Roses (Chapter Heading for Thomas Malory, "Le Morte d'Arthur," J. M. Dent 1893-94, Part III, book vi, chapter xvii, p. 215 and Part VII, book x, chapter xxii, p. 500). Artist: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (British, Brighton, Sussex 1872-1898 Menton). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (11.5 x 8.3 cm). Date: by May 30, 1893. Beardsley created this stylized image of a woman with long, loose hair, dressed in a shift and standing before a background of stylized roses and thorny branches for J. M. Dent's 1893-94 edition of "Le Morte Darthur." It first appears at the head of chapter titled "How Sir Launcelot Overtook a Knight Which Chased His Wife to Have Slain Her, and How He Said to Him," and is used again to adorn a chapter titled: "How King Arthur Made King Mark to be Accorded with Sir Tristram, and How They Departed to Cornwall.".

Pen, brush, and carbon black ink over graphite

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