(Beardsley, Aubrey)

Photograph of Beardsley by Frederick Hollyer, Kensington, mounted on stiff card with photographer's stamp in red on verso, inscribed "from Aubrey Beardsley. 1895" in upper left corner; name of recipient discreetly removed from upper left corner of photo.  Matted.

Photograph of Beardsley by Frederick Hollyer, Kensington, mounted on stiff card with photographer's stamp in red on verso, inscribed "from Aubrey Beardsley. 1895" in upper left corner; name of recipient discreetly removed from upper left corner of photo. Matted.
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This fine vertical photograph depicts the artist in dark jacket and bow-tie, leaning on his elbow in front of a window.  As Rodney Engen has pointed out, "... the puckish young Beardsley understood self-promotion and chose the vehicles of Victorian printing and publishing to further his career. ... Photography too played a fascinating role in this process, from the reproduction of his delicate drawings for publication to the more personal portrait photographs he autographed and presented to admirers and patrons."