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The eighteen nineties; a review of art and ideas at the close of the nineteenth century (1922)

Jackson, Holbrook, 1874-1948 · New York : A.A. Knopf · leaf 114

An illustration from The eighteen nineties; a review of art and ideas at the close of the nineteenth century, 1922, leaf 114 — t in a cab. When Beardsley opened the port-folio, and began to show us The Rape of the Lock, Whistlerlooked at them first indifferently, then with interest, thenwith delight. And then he said slowly : Aubrey, I havemade a very great mistake—you arc a very great artist.And the boy burst out crying.… … The Rape of the Lock By Aubrey BeardsUy AUBREY BEARDSLEY 99 ripening of uninstructed genius, and the brilliant productive-ness of those last six disease-ridden years, his best drawingsstand out from the general level of British art with suchsheer audacity as to compel attention. It may be true…

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