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Par les Dieux . . .
Aubrey Beardsley
The French in the upper lefthand corner in Beardsley's caricature self-portrait means "By the gods, all the monsters are not in Africa."
Compare to Belinda in bed.
The flower-embellished black curtain had an obvious influence upon Harry Clarke.
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