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The Birth of Fancy by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley — VisualArtsDB

The Birth of Fancy

The Birth of Fancy

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

1892

Medium: Black ink and graphite on white paper
Dimensions: 10 x 8.2 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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british

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