The Toilet, from The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope

c. 1895–96 Sheet: 25.6 x 17.4 cm (10 1/16 x 6 7/8 in.) Source image
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In this drawing, Aubrey Beardsley illustrates an early scene in Alexander Pope’s satirical masterpiece The Rape of the Lock (1712) in which the heroine, Belinda, primps in her boudoir. Reflecting the poem’s emphasis on contrived rather than natural beauty, the drawing is dense...

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