Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Eyes of Herod
A tall elaborately adorned figure rises above two small attendants beside a great hanging lamp. A face appears within the pale curved field at the right. Beardsley’s The Eyes of Herod turns watching and display into the organising forces of the composition.
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Aubrey Beardsley. "The Eyes of Herod" [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 75. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/beardsley-salome-eyes-of-herod
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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. The Eyes of Herod. Salome. Scan leaf 75. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/beardsley-salome-eyes-of-herod