PROSPECTUS COVER VOLUME I

BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY

The image is of a woman looking to the right into a bin of books in the foreground while a harlequin in the middle ground stands behind and to the right of the woman looking at her The woman is wearing dark clothing gloves and a decorative headpiece with feathers Her mouth is slightly opened The woman is gesturing to the books in the bin with her right gloved hand Her thumb index and little finger are extended towards the books There is a sign beside the bin The harlequin stands in a door frame with hands on hips peering over its spectacles The harlequin wears a large collar and billowy clothing On both sides of the door frame shelves of books are visible In the middle ground there is another bin full of books In the left-side background there is a street lamp The image is printed black on yellow paper and vertically displayed

MLA citation:

Beardsley, Aubrey. Cover Design: Prospectus, The Yellow Book, vol. 1, 1894. Yellow Book Digital Edition, edited by Dennis Denisoff and Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2011-2014. The Yellow Nineties 2.0, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2020, https://1890s.ca/yb1-prospectus-image/

magazine_images The Yellow Book 1 Prospectus Aubrey Beardsley 1894 Pen and Ink Illustrative Poster Book/bookcase, Lantern, Spectacles/ glasses, Road, Hat, Plumed hat, and Book Human Figure, Female Figure/ Woman, Harlequin/ Clown/ Pierrot, Person, Clothing, Coat/ Jacket, and Androgyn 1890s Outdoor setting, Outside, Exterior, Bookstore, and Bookstall