First Soldier of The Two Soldiers
Date2011
Artist
Barry Moser
(American illustrator, painter, printmaker, and author, born 1940)
Illustration CitationSalomé: A Tragedy in One Act by Oscar Wilde, translated by Joseph Donohue (University of Virginia Press 2011)
MediumWood engraving
Dimensionscomposition: 3 7/8 × 2 1/2 in. (9.8 × 6.4 cm)
sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 in. (23.8 × 15.2 cm)
sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 in. (23.8 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2015
Object number2015-5.7
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextHere again, we are provided with authenticating details to help present-day audiences understand the historical context in which Wilde has set his drama. Old and young, dark skin and light, we are given the tools to apprehend the broad cultural milieu that made up the court of a Roman tetrarch.
