Aesthetic Collection

Oscar Wilde cartoon
Oscar Wilde - IRISH PLAYWRIGHT Cartoon Portrayal

Dr Christopher Dresser on a rickshaw, Japan
Dr Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) - English designer and theorist - best known as a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement

John Ruskin (Fun)
JOHN RUSKIN English art critic and writer satirised for his views on the aesthetic life Date: 1819 - 1900

Quite Too Utterly Utter by Robert Coote
Promotional music sheet for Quite Utterly Utter, a New Aesthetic Roundelay by Robert Coote. Poking fun at the aesthetic movement, it shows a stylish young man with sunflowers

Cartoon, The Six-Mark Tea-Pot (Aestheticism)
Cartoon, The Six-Mark Tea-Pot -- a satirical comment on the new fashion of aestheticism: a man who resembles Oscar Wilde admires a teapot

The Colonel Waltz by E Bucalossi
Promotional music sheet for The Colonel Waltz by E. Bucalossi. Francis Burnands The Colonel, which was another skit on the aesthetic movement - Oscar Wilde in particular

La Boulangere Polka by Max Fruhling
Promotional music sheet for La Boulangere Polka by Max Fruhling on airs from Offenbachs music in La Boulangere. The English version was first produced at the Globe Theatre, 16 April 1881

Fall / Deerhound / Champion Aesthetic of Ross
Deerhound Champion Aesthetic of Ross owned by the Misses Loughrey Date: 1931

British beauty and theatre actress Miss Drina Verchesi. circa 1910

High Art Maiden
THE HIGH ART MAIDEN sending up the aesthetic movement, portraying a lady in love with her chinaware... Date: circa 1880

FALL / DEERHOUND / ROSS
CHAMPION AESTHETIC OF ROSS Challenge Certificate winner. Owned by Miss Loughrey. Head study. Date: 1931

Satire on the blue and white china craze, 1880
The six mark tea-pot: satire on the mania for blue and white china. An aesthetic young lady examines a teapot and exclaims to her gentleman friend(who bears a remarkable likeness to Oscar Wilde)

Aesthetic Dancers
Two girls performing a graceful outdoor dance. Date: 1930s

Plastic Surgery - Before and After
Examples of patients who have undergone plastic surgery in the 1920s, to accompany an article in " The Sphere" magazine, entitled " New Faces for Old." 1927

Oscar Wilde parody, man and sunflower -- With yearnings for your intense joy. late 19th century

Caricature, Oscar Wilde as Romeo
Caricature, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) in the role of Romeo -- an American newspaper had recently reported that this was about to happen. 1883

Caricature of Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright
Caricature of Oscar Fingal O Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900), Irish poet, novelist, essayist and playwright. 1881

Woman reading with cat
A woman in aesthetic dress sits on a sofa reading while her cat looks over her shoulder. Date: 1904

Pigeons - Red, White and Yellow Dragoons, London Fancy Breed
A Red, White and Yellow Dragoon pictured together in their coop. The Dragoon belongs to the Fancy pigeon breed, these Dragoons are also in common with London

Dancers in sombreros. circa 1957

The Round Game of Happy Families, Miss Daubs
Chad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Miss Daubs the Artists Daughter. circa 1910

Henry Harland, American novelist and editor
Henry Harland (1861-1905), American novelist and founding editor (in London) of The Yellow Book. circa 1900

The International Inventions Exhibition, London
Programme cover design, The International Inventions Exhibition, London, 1885, Daily Programme, Musical and Other Arrangements, with a female figure holding a violin. 1885

The International Health Exhibition, London
Programme cover design, The International Health Exhibition, London, 1884, with the figure of Hygieia (Hygeia, Hygiea), classical personification of health, cleanliness and hygiene. 1884

Caricature of Arthur Sullivan and Ws Gilbert -- The Latest Converts to Aestheticism. A reference to their latest operetta, Patience, a satire on the aesthetic movement. 1881

Fauntleroy Dress 1889
Cavalier costume (a style that pre-dates the 1886 Hodgson Burnett novel): velvet tunic & knickerbockers, lace falling collar & cuffs, sash with bow on one hip & buckle shoes. Date: 1889

Aesthetic Dress 1884
Yellow-green classically inspired gown with peacock blue & patterned border. Satirical take on Artistic dress that made an appearance in England from the late 1870s Date: 1884

Leighton / Vanity Fair
FREDERICK, LORD LEIGHTON English artist in aesthetic pose Date: 1830 - 1896

Girl / Mirror (Photo) 1893
" MY TRUE LOVE HATH MY HEART" An aesthetic-looking young woman gazes at herself in one of the three panels of a mirror. Date: 1893

Beardsley Aged 11
AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY English illustrator, leader of the Aesthetic movement and principal artist in the Art Nouveau manner (aged 11). Date: 1872 - 1898

The Aesthete by H. M. Bateman
A very modern woman residing in a minimally and fashionably furnished flat gets very excited by one small cactus on her windowsill. Date: 1935

Girl with a fan on a New Year card. circa 1890s

Boy in brown velvet suit on a New Year card
Boy in a brown velvet suit on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Aesthetic young man with sunflower
Aesthetic young man contemplating a sunflower, with blue-and-white china displayed on the wall behind him. Date: circa 1890s

Aesthetic High Art young man painting at an easel. Date: circa 1890s

Aesthetic young man on New Year card
Aesthetic young man on a New Year card: A most intensely utter & ecstatic New Year. Date: circa 1890s

Aesthetic young woman on New Year card
Aesthetic young woman on a New Year card: May your New Year be quite intensely too too! Date: circa 1890s

Aesthetic young woman on Christmas card
Aesthetic young woman playing a guitar on a Christmas card: Wishing you a quite too rapturously utter Christmas. Date: circa 1890s

Aesthetic young woman with lute
Aesthetic young woman playing a lute, described as a Wagner and Strauss young girl. Date: circa 1890s

Japan - Music Teacher playing a Shamisen (or Samisen). The alcove behind her is called the tokonoma and is the pride of the house Date: 1932

Pigeons - Three Dragoons, Birmingham Fancy
A portrait of a Silver-Brown Bar, a Silver-Black Bar, and a Blue Dragoon, breeds of the fancy pigeon. The pigeons are also are in common with Birmingham, UK

The Amateur Photographer Illustrated advertisement
Advertisement for The Amateur Photographer Illustrated magazine. Its the biggest, brightest and best and has information on practical, elementary, pictorial and scientific photography

Miss Faith Celli by Madame Yevonde
Miss Faith Celli (Dorothy Faith Standing, 1888-1942), by Madame Yevonde. She was an actress in plays including The Blue Lagoon and the comedy Threads at the St Jamess Theatre, London. 1921

Dandy Pianist - a Wow with the Party Ladies
Botany - The Dandelion - a florid little man! A wow with all the ladies (up to a point!). A pianist, possibly modelled in part on popular Polish pianist Paderewski? Date: circa 1907

Aesthetic Dancer

Oxford Uni Student 1950S
An aesthetic-looking male student in the street. Date: 1950s

Aesthetic maiden
A fancy dress costume idea from 1884 - an aesthetic maiden. The costume comprises a loose flowing half skirt and a half high classical bodice with ribbon belt around the waist

The Glory of Spring
A woman in aesthetic dress picking iris in a classical garden setting

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