Cover Design to Life and Times of Madame du Barry, 1896. 'The dexter arms, crest, supporters and motto [Boutez en avant, meaning 'push forward'] are those of the family of Du Barry Cérè sinister arms are presumably those of the famous courtesan's putative father, Gomard de Vaubernier' [Jean Baptiste Gormand de Vaubernier]. Published by Leonard Smithers. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

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