Letter to Robert Ross, August 1893.
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I think the title page I drew for Salomé was after all "impossible". You see booksellers couldn't stick it up in their windows.
— Aubrey Beardsley
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About Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator whose black-and-white ink drawings influenced the development of the Art Nouveau style.
About Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator whose black-and-white ink drawings influenced the development of the Art Nouveau style.
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