894, afterwards republished in "Fifty Drawings"
and "Later Work"; also in _Le Courrier Francais_, November 11th,
1894, with the title "_Une Femme bien Nourrie_." (Formerly the
property of the late Mrs Cyril Martineau (Miss K. Savile Clarke)).
84. WAITING, a haggard, expectant woman, wearing V-necked bodice and large
black hat, seated in a restaurant, with a half-emptied wine-glass on
a small round table before her; black-ink drawing, 7-3/8 x 3-1/2
inches, unpublished. (Property of Pickford Waller, Esq.)
85. MASKED PIERROT AND FEMALE FIGURE, water and gondolas in background,
small square in black and white, published in _To-Day_, May 12th, 1894.
86. SALOME, A tragedy in one act. Translated by Lord Alfred Douglas from
the French of Oscar Wilde. Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894.
Pictured with the following designs by Aubrey Beardsley:----
I. The woman (or man) in the moon (Frontispiece).
Border Design for Title-page (two states, the first cancelled).
(Property of John Lane, Esq.)
Border Design for List of Pictures. (Property of John Lane, Esq.)
II. The Peacock Skirt. (Property of John Lane, Esq.)
III. The Black Cape. A burlesque, substituted for a drawing of John
and Salome, which was printed but withheld, and subsequently
published in "Early Work." (Property of John Lane, Esq.)
IV. A Platonic Lament. (Property of John Lane, Esq.)
V. Enter Herodias (two states, the first cancelled). (The drawing
in its original state the property of Herbert J. Pollit Esq.)
A proof of this drawing in its first state, now the property of
Frank Harris, Esq., is inscribed by the artist on the left-hand
top corner:
"Because one figure was undressed
This little drawing was suppressed.
It was unkind, but never mind,
Perhaps it all was for the best."
VI. The Eyes of Herod. (Note one of Herod's white peacocks.) (Property
of John Lane, Esq.)
VII. The Stomach Dance. (The author makes Salome dance, barefooted, the
Dance of the Seven Veils.) (Property of John Lane, Esq.)
VIII. The Toilette of Salome. Substituted for a former drawing of the
same subject, printed in two states but withheld, the second state
subsequently published in "Early Work" (Property of Robert Ross,
Esq.)
IX. The Dancer's Reward. (Pr
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