Bacchus Gallery

Frontispiece to "Plays" by John Davidson, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley

Frontispiece to "Plays" by John Davidson, 1893. Caricatures of notable figures of the day: Sir Augustus Harris (centre), the manager of the Covent Garden, Drury Lane and Her Majesty's theatres; a corpulent Oscar Wilde is portrayed as Bacchus; the nude woman beside him is Beardsley's actress sister Mabel; Henry Harland, American literary editor of the Yellow Book, is shown as a faun; the masked figure at the back is the poet Richard Le Gallienne, and the ballerina on the right is the dancer Adeline Genee. Illustration to "Plays" by John Davidson, [John Lane, 1894]. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

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Fountain of Mercury in the garden of the Villa Medici..., 1691 or after

Fountain of Mercury in the garden of the Villa Medici..., 1691 or after. Fontana di Mercurio nel giardino del Gran Duca di Toscana alla Trinita de Monti adornata di / statue di metallo avanti il portico della facciata interiore del palazzo. Architettura di Annibale Lippi. Fountain of Mercury in the garden of the Grand Duke of Tuscany [Villa Medici] at the Trinita de Monti adorned with metal statues in front of the portico of the internal facade. Architecture by Annibale Lippi. From a work on the fountains of Rome: La Fontane di Roma nelle Piazze e Luoghi Publici (...), part 3, Le Fontane ne Palazzi di Roma (plate 9)

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Bacchus with his companions discovering Ariadne on the island of Naxos, after Reni, 165

Bacchus with his companions discovering Ariadne on the island of Naxos, after Reni, 1650-80

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