The Peacock Skirt

The Peacock Skirt
The Peacock Skirt

The Peacock Skirt

Date1906
Artist (British draftsman, illustrator and writer, 1872–1898)
Illustration CitationA Portfolio of Aubrey Beardsley's drawings illustrating "Salome," by Oscar Wilde (John Lane: London, c. 1906)
MediumOffset lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 8 15/16 × 6 3/8 in. (22.7 × 16.2 cm)
sheet: 13 5/16 × 10 5/16 in. (33.8 × 26.2 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2010
Object number2010-31.5
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis first illustration within the body of the text does not appear to reference any particular occurrence in the drama. A riot of line and pattern, the composition is dominated by two attenuated, androgynous figures, the larger of the pair—undoubtedly Salomé—enveloped in a swirl of fabric covered in peacock feather motif. The smaller figure, ensnared in the flare of the skirt, may well be the Young Syrian, whose unrequited infatuation with Salomé ends in suicide.
The Woman in the Moon
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
Title Page
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
Sketch for Front Cover Design
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
List of the Pictures
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
The Black Cape
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
A Platonic Lament
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
John and Salomé
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
Enter Herodias
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
The Eyes of Herod
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
The Stomach Dance
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
The Toilette of Salomé—I
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906