Skip to content

Chapter I: A Snare of Vintage. Reproduced in "Later Work."

Text size

Another drawing of the same subject and title, but different
rendering, 6 x 4-1/2 inches, was inserted loose in large paper
copies only; not noted in "Contents" page of the book.

II. Dreams. Reproduced in "Later Work." This drawing was executed
obviously at the same period as "Siegfried" and "The Achieving
of the Sangreal."

III., IV. Two more drawings, intended for the same work, but not included
in it. Twenty copies of each were printed privately. One of them
is unpublished; of the other, the upper portion was published
in "Later Work." These illustrations were the earliest of the
Artist's designs not intended for public circulation.

LUCIAN'S TRUE HISTORY, translated by Francis Hickes, illustrated by
William Strang, J. B. Clark, and Aubrey Beardsley, with an
Introduction by Charles Whibley, was published by A. H. Bullen.
London, 1902.

75. QUILP'S BARON VERDIGRIS. Black and white. Designed for Messrs Henry
& Co. First published in "Second Book" and again in "Later Work."
1894.

76. POSTER FOR "THE COMEDY OF SIGHS," by Dr John Todhunter, at the Avenue
Theatre, March 29th, 1894. Three-quarter length figure of woman in
deep blue, standing behind a gauze curtain with light green round
spots powdered over it, 28-3/4 x 4-3/4 inches. The same has since
been printed, the original size, in black and white. The same reduced,
and printed in blue on light green paper for the programme sold in
the theatre: also printed in black on toned paper for the programme
of Mr G. Bernard Shaw's play, "Arms and the Man," April 21st, 1894.
Also still further reduced, in black on pale mauve-pink paper for
the wrapper of Mr W. B. Yeats's play, "The Land of Hearts' Desire."
Reproduced in _Idler_ magazine, March 1897; again in "Fifty Drawings,"
also in "Later Work." This was Aubrey Beardsley's first poster design.
1894.

77. POSTER FOR MR FISHER UNWIN'S "PSEUDONYM LIBRARY." Female figure in
salmon-pink dress standing on the opposite side of the road to a
second-hand book-store. The scheme of colouring--salmon-pink, orange,
green, and black--was suggested to Aubrey Beardsley by a French
poster. 29-1/2 x 13 inches.

The same reduced, in colours, to form an advertisement slip for
insertion in books and magazines.

The same reduced, printed in black, 6 copies only, on Japanese
vellum. Reproduced in "Fifty Drawings" and "Later Work." Also used
as cover-design for the "Dream and the Business," by John Oliver
Hobbes.

Similar motif, black and white drawing; exhibited at the New English
Art Club Exhibition at the New Gallery. (Property of T. Fisher Unwin,
Esq.)

78. POSTER FOR MR FISHER UNWIN'S CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Woman reading while
seated in a groaning-chair; black purple. Reproduced in black in
"Fifty Drawings" and "Later Work."

79. Poster Design. A lady and large sunflower, scheme of colouring purple
and yellow. Unpublished. Purchased by Mr Fisher Unwin and destroyed
accidentally in New York.

80. SKETCH PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST, head and shoulders, three-quarter face
to left; in imaginary costume with V-shaped opening to his coat and
high-shouldered sleeves; in charcoal. First published in _The Sketch_,
April 14th, 1894, again in "Early Work."

81. SKETCH PORTRAIT OF HENRY HARLAND, head and shoulders, three-quarter
face to right, in charcoal. First published in _The Sketch_, April
11th, 1894, again in "Early Work." (Property of John Lane, Esq.)

82. PORTRAIT OF JAMES M'NEILL WHISTLER. (Property of Walter Sickert, Esq.)

83. THE FAT WOMAN (a caricature of Mrs Whistler). First published in
_To-Day_, May 12th, 1894, afterwards republished in "Fifty Drawings"
and "Later Work"; also in _Le Courrier Francais_, November 11th,
1894, with the title "_Une Femme bien Nourrie_." (Formerly the
property of the late Mrs Cyril Martineau (Miss K. Savile Clarke)).

84. WAITING, a haggard, expectant woman, wearing V-necked bodice and large
black hat, seated in a restaurant, with a half-emptied wine-glass on
a small round table before her; black-ink drawing, 7-3/8 x 3-1/2
inches, unpublished. (Property of Pickford Waller, Esq.)

85. MASKED PIERROT AND FEMALE FIGURE, water and gondolas in background,
small square in black and white, published in _To-Day_, May 12th, 1894.

86. SALOME, A tragedy in one act. Translated by Lord Alfred Douglas from
the French of Oscar Wilde. Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894.
Pictured with the following designs by Aubrey Beardsley:----

I. The woman (or man) in the moon (Frontispiece).

Border Design for Title-page (two states, the first cancelled).
(Property of John Lane, Esq.)

Border Design for List of Pictures. (Property of John Lane, Esq.)

II. The Peacock Skirt. (Property of John Lane, Esq.)

III. The Black Cape. A burlesque, substituted for a drawing of John
and Salome, which was printed but withheld, and subsequently
published in "Early Work." (Property of John Lane, Esq.)

Comments

Log in to leave a comment.

Aubrey BeardsleyChapter I: A Snare of Vintage. Reproduced in "Later Work."

0%3 min left in chapter