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Egan Beresford

1905 – 1984

Egan was a South African-born illustrator and graphic artist. He left South Africa for England in July 1926, and quickly established himself in the artistic and literary atmosphere of London working for various small presses such as Mandrake Press. Egan's illustrations appeared in an edition of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal (1929). He also illustrated several works of the French writer Pierre Louÿs.

Egan has been described as 'the 1920s Aubrey Beardsley'. As an artist, his wickedly satirical black-and-white line drawings were at their most effective in The Sink of Solitude, a lampoon of Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness and the outraged reactions to her book. Egan also wrote novels and plays.

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Overview from works from Egan Beresford

Books to buy

De Sade: Being a series of wounds, inflicted with brush and pen, upon sadistic wolves garbed in masochist's wool

Baudelaire Flowers Of Evil (Fleurs Du Mal) in Pattern And Prose

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Les aventures du roi Pausole Author Pierre Louÿs Published 1901
Several Drawings