The Lacedaemonian Ambassadors
1896
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1896
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
In 1896 Aubrey Vincent Beardsley made this drawing for Oscar Wilde’s *Salomé*. Black ink on white paper, it shows a bold style that was new at the time. Beardsley was still in his early twenties. His work on *Salomé* made him famous. A few years later, moral outrage over Wilde’s trial pushed publishers to drop him. Only Leonard Smithers kept using his drawings. Look next at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
