The Eyes of Herod — Aubrey Beardsley's illustration

for Salome (original) (raw)

The Eyes of Herod

Aubrey Beardsley, 1872-1898

1894

From Oscar Wilde’s Salome

Does the butterfly-like creature in the upper left allude to Whistler (who used the butterfly as his personal emblem)?

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• Oscar Wilde
• Images of Women
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