Aubrey Beardsley Part 4

45. A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Two angels, one of them playing a hand-organ, in a circle (7-3/4 inches diameter), pencil, and coloured chalks.

Designed as a Christmas card for the late Rev. Alfred Gurney.

First published in photogravure in "Second Book," again in "Later Work." Also in photogravure, 3 inches diameter, for private circulation. (Property of Mrs George Bealby Wright.) Christmas, 1892.

46. LA FEMME INCOMPRISE. Pen-and-ink and wash. First published in the spring number of _To-Day_, 1895; again in the _Idler_ magazine, March 1897.

47. SANDRO BOTTICELLI, three-quarter face to left, pencil, signed with monogram A.V.B.; 14 7-3/4 inches; a reconstruction of the Florentine painter's physiognomy from his extant works, to ill.u.s.trate Aubrey Beardsley's theory that every artist tends to reproduce his own physical type. Presented by the artist to Aymer Vallance, Esq. First published in the _Magazine of Art_, May 1898; afterwards in "Early Work." _c._ 1892-3.

48. RAPHAEL SANZIO. Full-length figure, three-quarter face to left, a decorative panel in pen-and-ink, 10-3/4 3-7/8 inches, exclusive of border lines. Unpublished. (Property of Messrs Obach & Co.)

49. CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS. Pen-and-ink.

50. SMALL BOOKMARKER, woman undressing, a Turkish table in the foreground.

Pen-and-ink. First published in "Second Book," again in "Later Work."

(Property of Sir William Geary, Bart.) 1893.

51. HERMAPHRODITUS, seated figure, pencil and pale colour tints. Reproduced in colour in "Later Work." (Property of Julian Sampson, Esq.)

52. L'APReS-MIDI D'UN FAUNE, par Mallarme; four designs extra-ill.u.s.trating a copy of. One of them, a pen-and-ink vignette of a faun, full face, signed with monogram A.V.B., was published in "Second Book." The others unpublished. 1893.

53. DECORATIVE SKETCH DESIGN OF A SAILING SHIP. 1-7/8 2-1/2 inches.

Pen-and-ink on white from the back of a letter to Aymer Vallance, Esq. First published in _Magazine of Art_, May 1898; again in "Early Work." _c._ 1893.

54. ANGEL PLAYING HAND-ORGAN. Pen-and-ink and slight wash, on pale grey notepaper, from a letter to Aymer Vallance, Esq. First published in _Magazine of Art_, May 1898; again in "Early Work." _c._ 1893.

55. THE PALL MALL BUDGET, 1893 and 1894.

I. MR H. A. JONES AND HIS BAUBLE; pen-and-ink. Feb. 2, 1893, p. 150.

II. THE NEW COINAGE. Four designs that were not sent in for compet.i.tion, p. 154. Another design, embodying a caricature of Queen Victoria, was suppressed.

III. "BECKET" AT THE LYCEUM.

1. Mr Irving as Becket; wash drawing. Feb. 9th, front page.

2. Master Leo, p. 188.

3. Queen Eleanor, p. 188.

4. Margery, p. 188.

5. The King makes a Move on the Board, p. 188.

6. Miss Terry (as Rosamond), p. 188.

7. Mr Gordon Craig, p. 190.

8. The Composer, p. 190.

IV.

1. THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF EMILE ZOLA, p. 202.

2. EMILE ZOLA; a portrait, p. 204.

(Republished in "Pall Mall Pictures of the Year," 1893, and in _The Studio_, June 1893.)

V. VERDI'S "FALSTAFF," AT MILAN, Feb. 16th.

Initial letter V; pen-and-ink, p. 236.

Portrait of Verdi; ink and wash, p. 236.

VI. POPE LEO XIII.'S JUBILEE, Feb. 23rd.

The Pilgrim (old style), p. 270.

The Pilgrim (new style), p. 270.

VII. THE REAPPEARANCE OF MRS BANCROFT.

1. Mr Arthur Cecil (Baron Stein), p. 281.

2. Mrs Bancroft (Lady Fairfax), p. 281.

3. Mr Forbes Robertson (Julian Beauclere), p. 281.

4. Mr Bancroft (Count Orloff), p. 281.

VIII. CARICATURE OF A GOLF PLAYER, in cla.s.sical helmet, March 9th, p. 376.

IX. ORPHEUS AT THE LYCEUM, March 16th.

1. One of the Spirits, Act II., p. 395.

2. Orpheus (Miss Clara b.u.t.t), p. 395.

3. A Visitor at the Rehearsal, p. 395.

4. Some Dresses in the Chorus, p. 395.

X. PORTRAIT OF THE LATE JULES FERRY: wash drawing, March 23rd, p. 435.

XI. BULLET-PROOF UNIFORM: Tommy Atkins thinks it rather fun, March 30, p. 491.

XII. MR FREDERICK HARRISON'S "IDEAL NOVELIST," April 20, p. 620.

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 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 ent.i.tled "A New Ill.u.s.trator: 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 j.a.panese 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 j.a.panese 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.)