The Murders in the Rue Morgue, for Edgar Allan Poe’s “Tales of Mystery and the Imagination,” Chicago, 1895-96
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley|Edgar Allan Poe
Artist bio: British, Brighton, Sussex 1872–1898 Menton|American, Boston, Massachusetts 1809–1849 Baltimore, Maryland
Artist role: Artist|Author
Artist nationality: British|American
Date: 1894
Medium: Pen, brush and India ink over graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 in. × 6 5/16 in. (25.4 × 16 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2020
Accession year: 2021
Tags: Women|Animals