IV. The Birthday of Madame Cigale, line and wash, 15 inches long by 9-1/2 inches high, influenced by Japanese 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 baisé ta bouche Iokanaan, j'ai baisé ta bouche. The treatment is obviously influenced by Japanese 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.)
VII. Reduced reproduction of the second version of the Jeanne d'Arc procession. The same appeared, full size, as a folding plate supplement, in No. 2 of The Studio, May 1893.
In the first number of The Studio (April) also were published, by anticipation, four designs from the "Morte Darthur," due to begin its serial appearance in the following June, viz.:—
VIII. Initial letter I.
IX. Merlin taketh the child Arthur into his keeping (full page, including border).
X. Ornamental border for full page.
XI. Frieze for chapter-heading; six men fighting, on foot, three of them panoplied. Reproduced in Magazine of Art, November 1896, "Fifty Drawings," Idler, March 1897, and St Paul's, April 9th, 1898. The original drawing is 13-3/4 inches long by 4-1/2 inches. As may be seen, even in the reduced reproduction, one inch at either end was added by the artist at the request of his publisher, so as to increase the proportionate length of the ornament. Subsequently Mr Frederick H. Evans photographed the drawing, full size, and produced fifteen platinotype copies, of which twelve only were for sale, and the plate destroyed.
58. Design of Dandelions, for publishers' trade mark for Dent & Co.