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Creator
Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898
Call number
Berg Coll MSS Beardsley
Physical description
13 items
Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Repository
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Access to materials
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This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence by and about the author, as well as pictorial works.

Biographical/historical information

Aubrey Beardsley was an English illustrator and editor.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence by and about the author, as well as pictorial works. The correspondence, dating from [1893] to [1896], is from Beardsley to Lady Olive Eleanor Custance Douglas, H. T. Puchas, and T. Fisher Unwin, as well as one letter relating to Beardsley, dated 1898, from Henry Harland to T. Fisher Unwin. One of the three drawings, all undated, is thought to be a forgery.

The Aubrey Beardsley collection of papers are arranged in two series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

Some of the material was previously owned by W. T. H. Howe.

Source of acquisition

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Processing information

Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.

Using the collection

Location

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 320

Conditions Governing Use

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