The Toilet, from The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope

Aubrey Beardsley

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white drawing of two women in a room. The woman on the left stands behind the other woman, who sits on a low chair. The standing woman wears a dress with a black bodice; the bodice has a white ruffle and an oval-shaped black panel; her skirt is white; she has a large hat on her head. The seated woman wears a dress with a low-cut, white and fur-trimmed bodice; the skirt is gathered and falls in folds to the floor; she sits on a low chair; she has a decorative comb in her hair. The room has a tiled floor; a dresser with drawers; a mirror; and a window with a view outside. The wall has vertical stripes with a curving, connected oval design. The window has drapes with tassels. The image is in a thin black rectangular frame.