Birth from the Calf of the Leg (Unpublished illustration intended for Lucian's "True History")
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, English, 1872 - 1898
about 1896
Line-block print on paper
Image: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16 in. (17.7 × 12.6 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/16 × 9 in. (30.6 × 22.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
PR.917.12.1
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Watermark, lower left: ALEXANDR [cut off] [reversed] Watermark, lower right: APAN [reversed]
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued, 1917.
Catalogue Raisonne
B. Reade, Beardsley, London: Studio Vista Ltd., 1967, p. 333, no. 257.
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