N A MILLINER'S BONNET STAND, headpiece
for the "Idlers' Club" section in the _Idler_ Magazine, 1894.
98. PIERROT AND BLACK CAT, small square in black-and-white for a book
ornament.
99. HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF A CHINESE PRIEST, together with the Head of a
Satyr. 25 copies only printed on folio sheet, and 10 copies only in
red. It is not known for what they were intended. Published by James
Tregaskis, Caxton Head.
100. LES PASSADES, night scene, in pen-and-ink with ink wash, 10 x 5
inches. First published in _To-Day_, November 17, 1894, again in the
_Idler_ Magazine, March 1897.
101. VENUS BETWEEN TERMINAL GODS. Frontispiece for a version of the
Tannhaeuser legend, to be published by Messrs H. Henry & Co. Ltd.,
a project never completed. Design in black-and-white, showing,
especially in the treatment of flying dove and of the background
of rose-trellis, the influence of Charles Ricketts or Laurence
Housman. Reproduced in "Second Book," and again in "Later Work."
_Circa_ 1894-5.
102. FRONTISPIECE AND TITLE-PAGE, together forming one complete design, for
"The Story of Venus and Tannhaeuser," to be published by John Lane,
but never completed. (_Cf._ "Under the Hill" in _The Savoy_, 1896.)
Reproduced in "Early Work." Dated 1895. (Property of John Lane, Esq.)
103. THE RETURN OF TANNHAeUSER TO VENUSBERG. A design originally intended
for the above-named book. Subsequently presented by the artist to
J. M. Dent, Esq. First published, in illustration of an article by
Max Beerbohm, in the _Idler_ Magazine for May 1898, and again, in
larger format and, as the initials in left hand corner show, reversed,
in "Second Book" and again in "Later Work." The _Idler_ version has
a slight effect of half-tone in the brambles in the foreground, but
the "Later Work" reproduction is pure black-and-white contrast.
104. VENUS. Design for title-page, in black-and-white. First published in
_The Studio_, 1898, and afterwards in "Early Work," March 2, 1899,
where it is described as "hitherto unpublished." (The property of
John Lane, Esq.)
105. DESIGN FOR COVER OF "THE CAMBRIDGE A, B, C." Reproduced in "Early
Work."
106. PIERROT AS CADDIE, Golf Club Card, designed for the opening of The
Prince's Ladies' Golf Club, Mitcham, pen-and-ink. Published in "Early
Work." (Formerly the property of Mrs Falconer-Stuart, now of R.
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