JUVENILIA
Mid-1889 to Mid-1891, blank of achievement
FORMATIVE PERIOD—BURNE-JONESESQUES
Mid-1891 to Mid-1892
During these three periods, up to Mid-1892, Beardsley signs with three initials A. V. B.
MEDIÆVALISM AND THE HAIRY-LINE JAPANESQUES
The Morte d’Arthur and Bon Mots
Mid-1892 to Mid-1893. Begins the “Japanesque mark”—the stunted mark.
In the Spring of 1893, with the coming of “The Studio,” and the ending of this period, Beardsley cuts the V out of his initials and out of his signature. He now signs A. B. or A. BEARDSLEY or AUBREY B. in ill-shaped “rustic” capitals, when he does not employ the “Japanesque mark,” even sometimes when he does employ it.
“SALOME”