La Dame aux Camélias
La Dame aux Camélias

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The title refers to the novel by Alexandre Dumas fils, published in 1852, which tells the tragic story of a courtesan who sacrificed herself for her lover. The picture is part of a group of drawings of a woman at her dressing table and was originally published simply as Girl at Her Toilet. It is not clear whether Beardsley intended it from the outset to be a portrait of Madeleine Gautier, but it appears to relate to an earlier drawing of 1890, which is inscribed with the title of Dumas's novel and bears some resemblance to this work in the silhouetted figure and treatment of the draperies. Beardsley may have identified with Madeleine Gautier, since, like her, he suffered from tuberculosis and would eventually also die of the disease.

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Title

La Dame aux Camélias

Date

1894

Medium

Ink and watercolour on paper

Measurements

H 29.9 x W 18.1 cm

Accession number

N04608

Acquisition method

Presented by Colonel James Lister Melvill at the request of his brother, Harry Edward Melvill 1931

Work type

Drawing

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