Chapter XIII: A NEW YEAR'S DREAM, after studying Mr Pennell's "Devils of Notre

Dame." Republished in "Early Work." Jan. 4th, 1894, p. 8.

56. MR PARNELL, sketch portrait of the Irish party leader, head and
shoulders, three quarters face to left, pencil, half tone reproduction,
4-3/4 x 3-1/2 inches.

57. I. THE STUDIO. Design for wrapper in two states, the original
design containing a seated figure of Pan, omitted in the later
version. First state on brown paper. The same, reduced, in black
on green, for prospectus, republished in _The Studio_, May 1898,
and again in "Early Work."

Second state, black on green, also in gold on rough white paper for
presentation to Royalty (Nov. 15th, 1893). The same, reduced, and
printed in dark green on white, for a prospectus, republished in
"Early Work." The same, enlarged and printed in black on light
green, for a poster.

THE STUDIO, NO. I, April 1893, accompanying an article entitled "A New
Illustrator: Aubrey Beardsley," by Joseph Pennell, contained:----

II. Reduced reproduction of the pen-and-ink replica of Jeanne d'Arc
procession. Republished as large folding supplement in No. 2.

III. Siegfried, Act II., from the original drawing in line and wash,
signed A.V.B., presented by the artist to Sir Edward Burne-Jones,
after whose death it was given back by Lady Burne-Jones, to the
artist's mother, Mrs Beardsley. Republished in "Early Work."

IV. The Birthday of Madame Cigale, line and wash, 15 inches long by
9-1/2 inches high, influenced by Japanese models. Reproduced in
"Early Work." (Property of Charles Holme, Esq.)

V. Les Revenants de Musique, line and wash. Reproduced in "Early
Work." (Property of Charles Holme, Esq.)

VI. Salome with the head of St John the Baptist. Upright panel in
Chinese ink on white, 10-1/8 by 5-1/8 inches, exclusive of framing
lines. This was the first design suggested to the artist by Oscar
Wilde's French play of "Salome." It differs from the later version
of the same subject in being richer and more complex. It contains
the legend, omitted in the later version, _j'ai baise ta bouche
Iokanaan, j'ai baise ta bouche_. The treatment is obviously
influenced by Japanese work, and also by that of the French
Symboliste school, _e.g._ Carlos Schwabe. Republished in "Early
Work." Subsequently to its appearance in _The Studio_, the artist
experimentally tinted it with green colour washes. In its final
state it has not been published. (Formerly the property of Mrs
Ernest Leverson, now of Miss K. Doulton.)

VII. Reduced reproduction of the second version of the Jeanne d'Arc
procession. The same appeared, full size, as a folding plate
supplement, in No. 2 of _The Studio_, May 1893.

In the first number of _The Studio_ (April) also were published,
by anticipation, four designs from the "Morte Darthur," due to
begin its serial appearance in the following June, viz.:--

VIII. Initial letter I.

IX. Merlin taketh the child Arthur into his keeping (full page,
including border).

X. Ornamental border for full page.

XI. Frieze for chapter-heading; six men fighting, on foot, three of
them panoplied. Reproduced in _Magazine of Art_, November 1896,
"Fifty Drawings," _Idler_, March 1897, and _St Paul's_, April 9th,
1898. The original drawing is 13-3/4 inches long by 4-1/2 inches.
As may be seen, even in the reduced reproduction, one inch
at either end was added by the artist at the request of his
publisher, so as to increase the proportionate length of the
ornament. Subsequently Mr Frederick H. Evans photographed the
drawing, full size, and produced fifteen platinotype copies,
of which twelve only were for sale, and the plate destroyed.

58. DESIGN OF DANDELIONS, for publishers' trade mark for Dent & Co.

59. LE MORTE DARTHUR, by Sir Thomas Malory. J. M. Dent & Co. 300 copies on
Dutch hand-made paper and 1500 ordinary copies. Issued in Parts,
beginning June 1893.

I. Vol. I., 1893. Frontispiece--"How King Arthur saw the Questing
Beast, and thereof had great marvel." Photogravure.

Full-page illustrations:--

II. Merlin taketh the child Arthur into his keeping. (Reduced
reproduction in _Idler_, May 1898.)

III. The Lady of the Lake telleth Arthur of the sword Excalibur.

IV. Merlin and Nimue.

V. Arthur and the strange mantle.

VI. How four queens found Launcelot sleeping. (Property of A. E.
Gallatin, Esq.)

VII. Sir Launcelot and the witch Hellawes. (Property of A. E.
Gallatin, Esq.)

VIII. How la Beale Isoud nursed Sir Tristram.

IX. How Sir Tristram drank the love drink.

X. How la Beale Isoud wrote to Sir Tristram.

XI. How King Mark found Sir Tristram sleeping.

XII. How Morgan le Fay gave a sword to Sir Tristram.

XIII. Vol. II., 1894. Frontispiece--"The achieving of the Sangreal."
Photogravure. (This was the first design executed for the work.)

Full page and double page illustrations:--

XIV. How King Mark and Sir Dinadan heard Sir Palomides making great
sorrow and mourning for la Beale Isoud (double page).

XV. La Beale Isoud at Joyous Gard (double page).

XVI. How Sir Launcelot was known by Dame Elaine (full page).

XVII. How a devil in woman's likeness would have tempted Sir Bors (double
page).

XVIII. How Queen Guenever rode on maying (double page).

XIX. How Sir Bedivere cast the sword Excalibur into the water (full
page).

XX. How Queen Guenever made her a nun (full page).

In the two volumes there are altogether 548 ornaments,
chapter-headings, borders, initials, tail-pieces, etc.; but some of
them are repetitions of the same design, others reproductions of
the same design in two different sizes. (Two of these are in the
Victoria and Albert Museum. Eight belong to Pickford Waller, Esq.
Others are the property of Hon. Gerald Ponsonby, R. C. Greenleaf,
Esq., W. H. Jessop, Esq., M. H. Sands, Esq., Robert Ross, Esq.,
and Messrs Carfax & Co.)

XXI. Chapter-heading, a dragon, with conventional foliage spray
branching into marginal ornaments; printed, but not published
in the book.

XXII. Initial letter J with guardian griffins; pen-and-ink, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2
inches.

XXIII. Unfinished border design, first published in "Whistler's Art Dicta
and Other Essays" by A. E. Gallatin (Boston, U.S.A., and London,
1903). (Property of A. E. Gallatin, Esq.)

XXIV. Original study, approved by the publisher, for wrappers of serial
issue of the "Morte Darthur," yellowish green water-colour on
white paper, 10-1/4 x 8-1/4 inches. This design, comprising
lilies, differs from that which was finally produced by the
artist and published (next item). (Property of Aymer Vallance,
Esq.) 1893.

Design for wrappers of serial issue, in black on grey paper, in
two states, the earlier or trial-state, having blank spaces for
the lettering, only the title being given as "La Mort Darthure."

XXV. Design in gold on cream-white cloth cases of the bound volumes.

Nineteen of the above designs were republished in "A Book of
Fifty Drawings," and again in "Later Work," including full-size
reproductions of the following, which had suffered through
excessive reduction in the published "Morte Darthur."

XXVI. Merlin (in a circle), facing list of illustrations in Vol. I. The
same reproduced in _The Idler_, March 1897.

XXVII. Vignette of Book I., chapter xiv. Landscape with piper in a meadow
and another figure in the sky.

XXVIII. Vignette of Book III., chapter iii. Three swans swimming.

XXIX. Vignette of Book V., chapter x. Nude woman rising out of the sea,
holding in one hand a sword, in the other a rose.

60. PALL MALL MAGAZINE, JUNE 1893.

I. Of a Neophyte, and how the Black Art was revealed unto him by the
Fiend Asomuel. Full-page illustration in pen and ink. Asomuel,
meaning insomnia, was a neologism of the artist's own devising,
made up of the Greek _alpha_ privative, the Latin _somnus_, and
the Hebrew _el_, for termination analogous to that of other
spirits' names, such as Gabriel, Raphael, Azrael, etc.,
reproduced in "Early Work," July 1893.

II. The Kiss of Judas. Full-page illustration in pen-and-ink. Reproduced
in "Early Work."

61. LA COMEDIE AUX ENFERS, pen and ink, published in "Modern Illustration,"
by Joseph Pennell. (G. Bell & Sons, 1895.) Imp. 16mo. 1893.

62. I. EVELINA, by Frances Burney. (Dent & Co., 1894.) Design in outline
for title-page.