Some unknown drawings of Aubrey Beardsley (proofs and manuscript), about 1923

Item — Box: W183M3 S693 [1923] Boxed

Identifier: Series 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

This subseries includes manuscripts of speeches, plays, poems, and other literary works created by Oscar Wilde and his coterie. Many are in the author's hand. Virtually all of the titles given to the works have been supplied by later catalogers and scholars. They are arranged alphabetically by author or originator, and then by title. Further arrangement is by date.

Dates

Creation: about 1923

Creator

From the Collection: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (Organization)

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 38.36 Linear Feet (90 boxes plus bound volumes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General Physical Description note

38 leaves, housed in beige fabric case. Contains proofs, copies of photographs and prints published in book, and the manuscript of Walker's text. Published in 1923 as Some unknown drawings of Aubrey Beardsley, collected and annotated by R.A. Walker, London: R.A. Walker. The Clark has 2 copies of the published book (*N7417 B36A2 So). Purchase, Elkin Mathews (from their Quarto 8 catalogue), 1950 (accession MS.1950.046).