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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Aubrey Beardsley
Born: August 21, 1872
Died: March 16, 1898 (aged 25)
Bio: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley was an English illustrator and author. His drawings in black ink, influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.
Known for:
- The Peacock Skirt (1893)
- How Sir Tristram Drank of the Love Drink (1894)
- The Climax (1893)
- A Nightpiece (1894)
- Madame Rejane (1894)
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