The Climax

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Artist

Name:: Beardsley, Aubrey
Dates:: 1872-1898
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of California Libraries, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Salomé
Author:: Wilde, Oscar
Publisher:: London, New York: John Lane, John Lane Company, The Bodley Head, 1907
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Description:

Line block print showing a Salomé with Medusa hair suspended in midair and holding the severed head of John the Baptist close to her face as a pool of blood forms below, from which a lily rises.

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{{cite web | title=The Climax | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/salome-climax/ | author=Beardsley, Aubrey | year=1907 | access-date=March 15, 2025 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}