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Wakana of the Matsubaya, from the series "Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as

Wakana of the Matsubaya, from the series "Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as the Six Floral Immortals (Seiro bijin rokkasen)", c. 1794/95

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The Baron's Prayer, 1895-1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley

The Baron's Prayer, 1895-1896. A man prays before a pile of books. - to Love an altar built; Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves; And all the trophies of his former loves'. Illustration for "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope, published privately by Leonard Smithers in 1896. Rape in this context refers not to sexual violence but to the theft and carrying away of a lock of hair, from the Latin rapere: to snatch, to grab, to carry off. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

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Frontispiece and Titlepage for Venus and Tannhauser, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley

Frontispiece and Titlepage for Venus and Tannhauser, 1895. The story of Venus and Tannhauser, in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of state held by Madam Venus, Goddess and Meretrix, under the famous Horselberg, and containing the adventures of Tannhauser in that place, his repentance, his journeying to Rome, and return to the loving mountain. By Aubrey Beardsley'. Illustration for "Under the Hill", an unfinished erotic novel by Beardsley based on the legend of Tannhauser. The first parts were published in "The Savoy", and later issued in book form by Leonard Smithers. The original manuscript was published in 1907, titled "The Story of Venus and Tannhauser". From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

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