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 One of them is unpublished; of the other, the upper portion was published in "Later Work."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 × 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 × 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.)