Art, Symbol & Imagination
Enter Herodias
A tall woman in a long pale gown stands among small attendants and theatrical objects. Masks, candles and a dark circular opening fill the lower foreground. Beardsley makes the arrival of Herodias a formal entrance into the play’s elaborate visual world.
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Aubrey Beardsley. "Enter Herodias" [editorial title]. In Salome, Oscar Wilde; English translation from the French, with sixteen drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. Supplied illustrated edition from John Lane, The Bodley Head; John Lane Company, undated edition, John Lane, The Bodley Head; John Lane Company. Source scan leaf 65. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/beardsley-salome-enter-herodias
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
From Aubrey Beardsley’s illustration cycle for Oscar Wilde’s one-act tragedy. The scanned 1907 plate retains its complete composition, border and paper tone. The browsing title follows the volume’s list of pictures.
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SalomeOscar Wilde; English translation from the French, with sixteen drawings by Aubrey BeardsleyUndated editionMore from this book
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Aubrey Beardsley. Enter Herodias. Salome. Scan leaf 65. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/beardsley-salome-enter-herodias