published in "Aubrey Beardsley" by Arthur Symons. (Sign of the
Unicorn, 1898.) (Property of Andre Raffalovich, Esq.)
143. THE LYSISTRATA OF ARISTOPHANES. (Leonard Smithers, privately
printed, 1896.) Eight pen-and-ink designs to illustrate----
I. Lysistrata.
II. The Toilet of Lampito.
III. Lysistrata haranguing the Athenian Women.
IV. Lysistrata defending the Acropolis.
V. Two Athenian Women in Distress.
VI. Cinesias soliciting Myrrhina.
VII. The Examination of the Herald.
VIII. The Lacedemonian Ambassadors.
An expurgated version of No. 3 was published in "Second Book,"
and was repeated together with expurgated versions or fragments
from the remainder of the set in "Later Work."
144. THE RAPE OF THE LOCK, by Alexander Pope. An heroi-comical poem in five
cantos, "embroidered with nine drawings by Aubrey Beardsley," 4to.
Leonard Smithers, 1896. Now published by John Lane. (Property of
Messrs Keppel, New York.)
I. The Dream.
II. The Billet-Doux (vignette). Reproduced in _St Paul's_, April 2,
1898. (Property of Mrs Edmund Davis.)
III. The Toilet.
IV. The Baron's Prayer.
V. The Barge.
VI. The Rape of the Lock. (The property of Messrs Keppel, New York.)
VII. The Cave of Spleen.
VIII. The Battle of the Beaux and the Belles. Reproduced in the _Idler_,
March 1897.
IX. The New Star (cul-de-lampe).
Cover design for the original edition.
Cover design for the Bijou edition. (John Lane.) Reproduced in
"Later Work."
145. DESIGN FOR WRAPPER OF CATALOGUE OF RARE BOOKS, No. 7. (Leonard
Smithers, 1896.) A lady seated on a striped settee reading; a parrot
on stand on the right. Black on leaden-grey paper. Reproduced in
"Second Book," 1896, and "Later Work."
146. THE PROSPECTUS OF THE SAVOY. DESIGN FOR.
I. A burlesque Cupid on a stage with footlights, one hand holding a
copy of the book, whence it appears that the original intention
was to produce the first number in December 1895. Reproduced
in "Later Work." Latter part of 1895. (Property of John Lane,
Esq.)
II. A suppressed variant of the above, same motif reversed, only with
John Bull substituted for the Cupid. Reproduced in "Later Work."
III. Initial letter A in the above Prospectus. Reproduced in "Later
Work."
IV. Pu
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