Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Baron’s Prayer
A figure in a patterned robe kneels beside a small table beneath a framed decorative panel. Books, a sword and other objects lie close at hand. The source identifies The Baron’s Prayer, connecting the mock-devotional pose with his desire to obtain Belinda’s lock of hair.
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Aubrey Beardsley. "The Baron’s Prayer" [editorial 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 35. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0263-0023
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Aubrey Beardsley. The Baron’s Prayer. The Rape of the Lock. Scan leaf 35. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0263-0023