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Charles Baudelaire, French poet, essayist, translatorCharles Baudelaire (1821-1867), French poet, essayist, art critic, and translator of Edgar Allan Poe
Platinum Blonde FlapperA typical flapper with platinum blonde bobbed hair, green eye-shadow, rouge and pencil thin eyebrows. She wears emerald and diamond bangles, ear-rings & beads
Volpone by Aubrey BeardsleyVolpone adoring his treasure, an illustration by Aubrey Beardsley to an edition of Ben Jonsons Volpone which was to be published by Leonard Smithers
Society & Shop GirlsTwo elegant, society ladies are attended to by a shop girl who sees to their every whim. Several pairs of discarded shoes lie about the floor for the assistant to pick up later
Cover of Reigen Magazine, Germany, 1922 Date: 1922
Portrait Of Paul VerlaineA portrait charcoal drawing of the French poet, Paul-Marie Verlaine, who was associated with the symbolist and decadent movements. Date: circa 1922
Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, of a woman's bedroom, woman in bed, child standing by the bed, dressing table and mirror in background. From an article, An Apostle of the Grotesque'
Cover of Das Magazin, July 1931Cover of Das Magazin, German magazine, July 1931 Date: 1931
Illustration from Reigen Magazine, Germany, 1926 with the humorous line I think I have lst my necklace in the hall - Don t think of it dearierm you are still dressed enough Date: 1926
Cover of Reigan Magazine, Germany, 1926Cover of Reigan Magazine, 1926 with a masked ball or carnival theme Date: 1926
Cover of Reigen Magazine, 1923 Date: 1923
Illustration from Reigen Magazine, Germany, 1923 Date: 1923
Illustration from Reigen Magazine, Germany, 1920 Date: 1920
Cover of Reigen Magazine, Germany, 1920 Date: 1920
Illustration from Reigen Magazine, Germany, 1924 of a coy and romantic couple Date: 1924
Cover of Reigen Magazine, Germany, 1924 showing a suggestive image of a woman with a basket of flowers, perhaps representing Spring Date: 1924
Illustration from Reigen Magazine, Germany, 1922 (Frau Luna / Moon girl) Date: 1922
Illustration from Reigen Magazine, Germany, 1921 Date: 1921
Cover of Reigen Magazine, Germany, 1923 Date: 1921
Kiki of Montparnasse and two friends in a Paris clubKiki of Montparnasse (left) and two friends in a Paris cabaret club. Kiki, whose real name was Alice Ernestine Prin (1901 1953), was an artists model, nightclub singer, actress, and painter
Lysistrata by Aubrey BeardsleyAn illustration by Aubrey Beardsley to the play Lysistrata by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes
Berlin Opera 1920SAt the Opera Decadent scene of wining, dining and socialising in full evening dress at the Berlin Opera House
Lounge Lizard 1930SA bloated man languishing on a luxurious Regency (or Egyptian) style sofa, draped with an extravagant tassled throw. Date: early 1930s
The Toilet of Helen by Aubrey Beardsley, an illustration to his novel Under the Hill. A bare-breasted Helen is preened and pampered by decorative ladies in 18th century dress
Satire on art of Aubrey BeardsleyAirs Resumptive. V. - Lilith Libifera (after Rossetti). A satirical drawing and poem published in Punch in 1894 on the art of Aubrey Beardsley
The Coiffing by Aubrey Beardsley, an illustration to his poem The Ballad of a Barber which was first published in The Savoy, volume III in July 1896
Messalina by Aubrey BeardsleyMessalina and her companion by Aubrey Beardsley, an illustration to an edition of the Roman satirist Juvenals Sixth Satire. Messalina was the wife of the Roman emperor Claudius. Date: 1895
Smoking Fashions 1836Green cravat, yellow waistcoat with Brandenbourg trim, red fringed sash, green checked trousers, red slippers, paisley dressing gown & long pipe. Brown cloak with cape
Costume / Shoe ShopTwo elegant, society ladies wearing fur stoles, hats & gloves patronise a shoe shop where the more practically garbed shop assistant sees to their every whim
Decadents of 1892Decadent young men of the 90s
Caricature of Paul Verlaine, French poetPaul Verlaine, French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. Seen here in a caricature, with the word Anarchy written across his forehead, playing a lyre, with an arrow stuck through a heart
Long Pipe 1836Decadent gent smoking a long exotic looking oriental pipe converses with a cohort back from a night on the tiles