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A striking 1930s lithograph after the original illustration by Aubrey Beardsley. Beardsley produced this image as an illustration for an edition of the satirist Juvenal's lewd and salacious text, the Sixth Satire, privately printed by Leonard Smithers. It was first published as an independent image in 1897, in Aymer Vallance's The Second Book of Fifty Drawings, erroneously titled Messalina Returning Home. Messalina was the wife of the Roman emperor Claudius. She was notorious for her sexual appetite and Juvenal describes her nightly excursions from the Imperial Palace to work in a local brothel. The print is presented in a gilt frame with layered card mount. there is a framer's label at the reverse with the date and title. On paper.
Condition
Some debris behind the glazing. In otherwise fine condition.
Size
15.5 x 9.5cm (6.1" x 3.7")Framed Size: 35.2 x 27.5cm (13.9" x 10.8")
