Salome, a Tragedy in One Act: Translated from the French
1894
Artist, British, 1872 - 1898
Artist, Irish, 1854 - 1900
Engraver, British, 1864 - 1930
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with thirteen lineblock illustrations
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 21.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 cm (8 9/16 x 6 3/16 x 5/8 in.)
plate: 20.9 x 15.1 cm (8 1/4 x 5 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2007.99.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Reade 1967, no. 271, State -290
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Walter Leon Sawyer, Boston, 1897; (Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.); purchased 2007 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2008
Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 139 b.
Bibliography
1967
Reade, Brian. Aubrey Beardsley [by] Brian Reade. Introd. by John Rothenstein. New York: Bonanza Books, 1967.
Inscriptions
on first blank in graphite on upper right: 3500-; lower right: PB.2397; back page lower center in graphite: 26