Young Woman Surrounded by Briars, Lightning and Roses (Chapter Heading, "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|Sir Thomas Malory

by May 30, 1893 · Pen and carbon black ink, brush and wash, over graphite · Drawings and Prints

Young Woman Surrounded by Briars, Lightning and Roses (Chapter Heading, "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|Sir Thomas Malory

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 appears twice, 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 again to adorn one titled: "How King Arthur Made King Mark to be Accorded with Sir Tristram, and How They Departed to Cornwall." The image does not obviously illustrate either portion of text.

Artist: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley|Sir Thomas Malory
Date: by May 30, 1893
Medium: Pen and carbon black ink, brush and wash, over graphite
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Albert Gallatin, 1919

Young Woman Surrounded by Briars, Lightning and Roses (Chapter Heading, "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)

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