DrawingsBritish19th century

The Baron's Prayer

1896

Artists

Aubrey Vincent BeardsleyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.7 x 17.5 cm (10 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Leonard Smithers, sold; to Laurence Hodson, by 1904, sold 1907; to Herbert Pollitt, sold 1920; to Paul J. Sachs, sold; to [Scott & Fowles, New York] sold January 10, 1921; to Scofield Thayer, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1986

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