Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Barge
Richly dressed companions gather within a boat-like enclosure hung with embroidered curtains. Fans, curls and decorative garlands fill the small social space. The source names The Barge in the second canto, where Belinda travels upon the Thames attended by sylphs.
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Aubrey Beardsley. "The Barge" [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 39. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0263-0027
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Aubrey Beardsley. The Barge. The Rape of the Lock. Scan leaf 39. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0263-0027