Aubrey Beardsley

by Robert Baldwin Ross

31. Hamlet patris panem Sequitur. Pencil drawing. Printed in red, as frontispiece to The Bee, the Magazine of the Blackburn Technical School, November 1891; reprinted, in black, in "Second Book," again in "Early Work." Latter part 1891.

32. Perseus and the Monstre. Pencil design, 5-1/2 × 7-1/2 inches. First appeared in illustration of an article entitled, "The Invention of Aubrey Beardsley," by Aymer Vallance, in The Magazine of Art, May 1898; again in "Early Work," (Property of Aymer Vallance, Esq.) 1891.

33. The Procession of Jeanne d'Arc. Pencil outline, treatment inspired by Mantegna, 19-1/2 long by 6-1/2 inches high. First published in Magazine of Art, May 1898; again as double page in "Second Book"; again, reduced, in collotype, in "Early Work." (Property of Frederick H. Evans, Esq.) 1891-2.

A pen-and-ink version of the Procession, 30 inches long by 7 high, was made subsequently, about the Spring of 1892, for Robert Ross, Esq. Published in The Studio; see below.

34. The Litany of Mary Magdalen. Pencil drawing. First published in "Second Book," again in "Later Work." (Formerly Property of More Adey, Esq.) 1892.

35. The Virgin and Lily. Madonna standing in front of a Renaissance niche and surrounded by Saints, among them St John Baptist kneeling. Pencil outline. Reproduced in photogravure in "Later Work." (Formerly the property of the late Rev. Alfred Gurney, afterwards in the possession of his son, the late Hampden Gurney, Esq.)

36. Children Decorating a Terminal God. Pen-and-ink. (Formerly the property of M. Puvis de Chavannes.)

37. Fred Brown, N.E.A.C. Pen-and-ink sketch of the art-master in studio. Signed with monogram A.V.B. First published in "Under the Hill." (Property of Miss Nellie Syrett.)

38. Study of Figures, horizontal fragment from, containing five heads and parts of two more. Pencil. Published in "Under the Hill." (Property of Miss Nellie Syrett.)

39. Portrait of the Artist. Full face. Pen-and-ink. First published in "Second Book," again in "Later Work." (Presented by Robert Ross, Esq., to the British Museum.)