Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act

Image
2. Title Page, Aubrey Beardsley
The Dancer's Reward, Aubrey Beardsley
The Climax, Aubrey Beardsley
Image source
http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/aubrey-beardsley-illustrations-for-salome-by-oscar-wilde
Text
Author
Aubrey Beardsley & Oscar Wilde
Year
1893
Description

After Salomé was published in 1893 The Pall Mall Budget asked Aubrey Beardsley to create a series of illustrations in response to the play. Most of the illustrations (sixteen in all) were censored and had to be redrawn, the original versions not allowed to be published until the 1907 edition of Oscar Wilde's play. The illustrations featured here are: 2. Title Page, 14. The Dancer's Reward, 15. The Climax. 

Text

THE VOICE OF SALOME: Ah! I have kissed thy mouth, Iokannan, I 

have kissed thy mouth. There was a bitter taste on thy lips. Was

it the taste of blood? . . . Nay; but perchance it was the taste of

love. . . . They say love hath a bitter taste. . . . But what

matter? what matter? I have kissed thy mouth, Iokannan, I have 

kissed thy mouth.

Publisher
John Lane, The Bodley Head
Citation

Beardsley, Aubrey, and Oscar Wilde. Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act. 1893. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907.