Aubrey Beardsley Part 9

109. AUTUMN. Design in black-and-white for a calendar to be published by William Heinemann. Reproduced in "Early Work."

110. TALES OF MYSTERY AND WONDER, by Edgar Allen Poe (Stone & Kimball, Chicago, U.S.A., 1895); four designs in pen-and-ink for large paper edition of----

I. The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

II. The Black Cat.

III. The Masque of the Red Death. First published in the "Chap Book"

(Chicago), Aug. 15, 1894, again in same, April 1, 1898.

IV. The Fall of the House of Usher.

111. OUTLINE PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST in profile to left; in imaginary costume, with a lace ruff to the neck, and earrings in the ears.

Published in "Posters in Miniature," and again in "Early Work."

A half-tone block from variant of the same, the earring as well as the b.u.t.ton on lappel and waist of coat more p.r.o.nounced, was published in _The Hour_, March 27, 1895, and reproduced in _Magazine of Art_, November 1896.

112. A CHILD STANDING BY ITS MOTHER'S BED, black-and-white, chiefly outline. First published in _The Sketch_, April 10, 1895. Reproduced in "Early Work." Formerly in the possession of Max Beerbohm, Esq., but since lost.

113. THE SCARLET PASTORALE, pen-and-ink. First published in _The Sketch_, April 10, 1895. Also printed in scarlet on white. Reproduced in "Fifty Drawings."

114. PORTRAIT OF MISS ETHEL DEVEREUX, pencil drawing. (Property of Mrs Roy Devereux.) _Circa_ 1895.

115. DESIGN FOR AN INVITATION CARD, ink outline; seated Pierrot smoking, a copy of the "Yellow Book," Vol. IV., on the couch at his side.

Drawn for Mr John Lane's Sette of Odd Volumes Smoke. Reproduced in _The Studio_, September 1895. (Property of John Lane, Esq.)

116. THREE DECORATIVE DESIGNS from the brown paper cover of Aubrey Beardsley's own copy of "Tristan und Isolde." Two reproduced in "Later Work." (Property of Frederick H. Evans, Esq.)

117. MAX ALVARY AS "TRISTAN" in Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde,"

half-length profile to left, pen-and-ink and wash with unusual monogram signature. 10 5-1/2 inches. First published in "Aubrey Beardsley's Drawings, a catalogue and a list of criticisms," by A. E. Gallatin (New York, 1903). (Formerly the property of Rev.

G. H. Palmer, now of A. E. Gallatin, Esq.)

118. FRAU KLAFSKY AS "ISOLDE" in above-named opera, pen-and-ink and pale green water-colour, 13 4-3/4 inches. First published in the _Critic_ (New York), December, 1902. (Formerly the property of Rev. G. H.

Palmer, now of A. E. Gallatin, Esq.)

119. ISOLDE; autolithograph in scarlet, grey, green, and black on white; supplement to _The Studio_, October 1895.

120. WOMAN RECLINING IN A MEADOW BY THE BORDER OF A LAKE, LISTENING TO A FAUN READING OUT OF A BOOK TO HER. Oblong design in ink on white; a variant of the design for wrapper of Leonard Smithers' Catalogue, No. 3. First published in _The Studio_, May 1898, again in "Early Work," where it is described as "hitherto unpublished." (Property of John Lane, Esq.) 1895.

121. DESIGN FOR WRAPPER OF "CATALOGUE OF RARE BOOKS," NO. 3. (Leonard Smithers, September 1895.) The same figures as in the last-named, but the landscape has an urn and additional trees to adapt the design to upright shape. Black on pale blue-green paper.

122. CHOPIN BALLADE III., ill.u.s.tration for. Woman rider, mounted on a prancing white horse to left. Wash drawing. First published in _The Studio_, May 1898, in half tones of grey, with deep purplish black; again in "Second Book." (Property of Charles Holme, Esq.) 1895.

123. CHOPIN'S NOCTURNES, frontispiece to. Pen-and-ink and wash. First published in "Early Work." (Property of John Lane, Esq.)

124. EARL LAVENDER, by John Davidson (Ward & Downey, 1895), design for frontispiece to. Woman scourging a kneeling, barebacked figure.

Pen-and-ink outline. Reproduced in "Early Work." (Property of John Lane, Esq.)

125. YOUNG OFEG'S DITTIES, by George Egerton (John Lane, 1895), t.i.tle-page and cover design for.

126. MESSALINA, with another woman on her left, black-and-white, with black background. First published in "Second Book," again in "Early Work,"

where it is described as "hitherto unpublished." 1895.

127. t.i.tLE-PAGE ORNAMENT, standing nude figure playing double-ba.s.s, black background. First published in "Early Work."

128. PORTRAIT OF MISS LETTY LIND in "The Artist's Model." Pen-and-ink outline. Published in "Early Work." (Property of Miss Letty Lind.)

129. ATALANTA IN CALYDON, full-length figure to right; pen-and-ink and wash. First published in "Early Work." (Property of John Lane, Esq.)

130. COVER DESIGN FOR FAIRY TALES by Count Hamilton, to be published by Messrs H. Henry & Co., Ltd.

131. BALZAC'S "LA COMeDIE HUMAINE," design (head, full face) for front side and another for the reverse of cover. Reproduced in "Later Work."

132. THE BROOK TRILLS OF PERNICIOUS BY RICHARD LE PHILISTIENNE, t.i.tle-page to burlesque, that of "The Book Bills of Narcissus," by Richard le Gallienne. Unpublished. (Property of J. M. Dent, Esq.)

133. A SELF-PORTRAIT, grotesque outline profile to left, with diminutive silk hat, from the fly-leaf of an envelope in the possession of J. M. Dent, Esq. Unpublished.

134. THE SHAVING OF s.h.a.gPAT, by George Meredith, small sketch to ill.u.s.trate, in pen-and-ink, contained in a letter to Frederick H. Evans, Esq. Unpublished.

135. AN EVIL MOTHERHOOD, by Walt Ruding (Elkin Mathews, 1896), frontispiece to. Pen-and-ink. Reproduced in "Early Work."

136. CAFE NOIR. Another design for the frontispiece of the last-named book, pen-and-ink and wash; bound up in six review copies only, and then recalled. Reproduced in "Early Work." (Property of M. Jean Ruelle.)

137. t.i.tLE-PAGE, an architectonic design. First published as the t.i.tle of "Early Work" (John Lane, 1899). (Property of John Lane, Esq.)

138. ORNAMENTAL t.i.tLE-PAGE FOR "THE PARADE." Messrs H. Henry & Co., Ltd., 1896. Reproduced in "Later Work."

139. TAIL-PIECE to Catalogue of Lord Carnarvon's Library, 1896.

140. SAPPHO, by H. T. Wharton. (John Lane, 1896.) Design for cover in gold on blue. Reproduced in "Early Work." (Property of John Lane, Esq.)

141. PIERROT'S LIBRARY. (John Lane, 1896.) Design for t.i.tle-page of, two designs for end papers, printed in olive green; design for front cover and vignette for reserve cover, printed in gold on red cloth.

Reproduced in "Early Work." (Property of John Lane, Esq.)

142. LOVE ENSHRINED IN A HEART IN THE SHAPE OF A MIRROR, pen-and-ink.

First published in "Aubrey Beardsley" by Arthur Symons. (Sign of the Unicorn, 1898.) (Property of Andre Raffalovich, Esq.)

143. THE LYSISTRATA OF ARISTOPHANES. (Leonard Smithers, privately printed, 1896.) Eight pen-and-ink designs to ill.u.s.trate----

I. Lysistrata.

II. The Toilet of Lampito.

III. Lysistrata haranguing the Athenian Women.

IV. Lysistrata defending the Acropolis.

V. Two Athenian Women in Distress.

VI. Cinesias soliciting Myrrhina.

VII. The Examination of the Herald.

VIII. The Lacedemonian Amba.s.sadors.

An expurgated version of No. 3 was published in "Second Book,"