over it, 28-3/4 x 4-3/4 inches. The same has since
been printed, the original size, in black and white. The same reduced,
and printed in blue on light green paper for the programme sold in
the theatre: also printed in black on toned paper for the programme
of Mr G. Bernard Shaw's play, "Arms and the Man," April 21st, 1894.
Also still further reduced, in black on pale mauve-pink paper for
the wrapper of Mr W. B. Yeats's play, "The Land of Hearts' Desire."
Reproduced in _Idler_ magazine, March 1897; again in "Fifty Drawings,"
also in "Later Work." This was Aubrey Beardsley's first poster design.
1894.
77. POSTER FOR MR FISHER UNWIN'S "PSEUDONYM LIBRARY." Female figure in
salmon-pink dress standing on the opposite side of the road to a
second-hand book-store. The scheme of colouring--salmon-pink, orange,
green, and black--was suggested to Aubrey Beardsley by a French
poster. 29-1/2 x 13 inches.
The same reduced, in colours, to form an advertisement slip for
insertion in books and magazines.
The same reduced, printed in black, 6 copies only, on Japanese
vellum. Reproduced in "Fifty Drawings" and "Later Work." Also used
as cover-design for the "Dream and the Business," by John Oliver
Hobbes.
Similar motif, black and white drawing; exhibited at the New English
Art Club Exhibition at the New Gallery. (Property of T. Fisher Unwin,
Esq.)
78. POSTER FOR MR FISHER UNWIN'S CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Woman reading while
seated in a groaning-chair; black purple. Reproduced in black in
"Fifty Drawings" and "Later Work."
79. Poster Design. A lady and large sunflower, scheme of colouring purple
and yellow. Unpublished. Purchased by Mr Fisher Unwin and destroyed
accidentally in New York.
80. SKETCH PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST, head and shoulders, three-quarter face
to left; in imaginary costume with V-shaped opening to his coat and
high-shouldered sleeves; in charcoal. First published in _The Sketch_,
April 14th, 1894, again in "Early Work."
81. SKETCH PORTRAIT OF HENRY HARLAND, head and shoulders, three-quarter
face to right, in charcoal. First published in _The Sketch_, April
11th, 1894, again in "Early Work." (Property of John Lane, Esq.)
82. PORTRAIT OF JAMES M'NEILL WHISTLER. (Property of Walter Sickert, Esq.)
83. THE FAT WOMAN (a caricature of Mrs Whistler). First published in
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