Rape of the Locke, Aubrey Beardsley

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (August 21, 1872 – March 16, 1898) was an influential English illustrator, and author, best known for his erotic illustrations. He also worked as a carticaturist and did some irreverent political cartoons. A friend of Oscar Wilde, Beardsley's fairy tale works include illustrations for Wilde's loosely influenced Salome and a deluxe edition of Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. He died of tuberculosis in 1898.