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The Coiffing: P.498-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Coiffing
The Savoy, No. III

Maker(s)

Designer: Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1896

Note

Illustration to Beardsley's own poem "The Ballad of a Barber", on p.91 in The Savoy, No. III, July 1896, edited by Arthur Symons and published by Leonard Smithers, London.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 199 mm Width 136 mm
Sheet Height 255 mm Width 191 mm

Techniques used in production

Line block

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: AUBREY BEARDSLEY.
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.498-1991
Primary reference Number: 18324

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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