Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Dream
A richly dressed figure stands behind a broad patterned curtain. Fine ornament and the curve of the concealed body give the narrow scene its elaborate theatrical character. The edition’s list of drawings identifies the frontispiece as The Dream.
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Aubrey Beardsley. "The Dream" [printed contents title]. In The Rape of the Lock, Alexander Pope; illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. London: Leonard Smithers, 1896; five cantos with nine drawings by Aubrey Beardsley., 1896, Leonard Smithers. Source scan leaf 12. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/beardsley-rape-lock-dream
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Title from the printed contents list. Editorial description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Complete original page and unchanged thumbnail from the existing cleared Reader. Printed title credit, illustration-list title, complete introductory letter and Canto I visually inspected. The frontispiece is not identified as a portrait of an actual person. No whole-book review claimed.
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Aubrey Beardsley. The Dream. The Rape of the Lock. Scan leaf 12. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/beardsley-rape-lock-dream