A Child at its Mother's Bed by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

A Child at its Mother's Bed 1895

aubreyvincentbeardsley

architectural sketch

comic strip sketch

mother

sketch line

pen illustration

line drawing illustration

ink line art

linework heavy

child

thin linework

storyboard and sketchbook work

initial sketch

"A Child at its Mother's Bed" is a black and white illustration created by Aubrey Beardsley in 1895. The artwork depicts a child standing behind a curtain, looking at a woman lying in a bed. The scene is rendered in Beardsley's signature style, with sharp lines, elongated figures, and a sense of melancholy. This illustration is characteristic of Beardsley's artistic output, which often combined elements of Symbolism and Art Nouveau. The work is a haunting image of childhood innocence and mortality, a theme that was prevalent in Beardsley's artistic output.