Young Woman Surrounded by Briars, Lightning and Roses (Chapter Heading, "Le Morte d'Arthur," J. M. Dent 1893–94, Part III, book vi, chapter xvii, p. 215 and Part VII, book x, chapter xxii, p. 500)

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley British
 Related author Sir Thomas Malory British

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Beardsley created this stylized image of a woman with long, loose hair, dressed in a shift and standing before a background of stylized roses and thorny branches for J. M. Dent's 1893–94 edition of "Le Morte Darthur." It appears twice, at the head of chapter titled "How Sir Launcelot Overtook a Knight Which Chased His Wife to Have Slain Her, and How He Said to Him," and is again to adorn one titled: "How King Arthur Made King Mark to be Accorded with Sir Tristram, and How They Departed to Cornwall." The image does not obviously illustrate either portion of text.

Young Woman Surrounded by Briars, Lightning and Roses (Chapter Heading, "Le Morte d'Arthur," J. M. Dent 1893–94, Part III, book vi, chapter xvii, p. 215 and Part VII, book x, chapter xxii, p. 500), Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (British, Brighton, Sussex 1872–1898 Menton), Pen and carbon black ink, brush and wash, over graphite

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