Cutting the lock of hair

Cutting the lock of hair

Aubrey Beardsley, 1872-1898

1896

Photo-reproduction of pen-and-ink drawing

From Pope's The Rape of the Lock:

The Advent'rous Baron the bright locks admir'd;
He saw, he wish'd, and to the prize aspired.

Details

  • Trees outside the window
  • The baron and his scissors