Shirley Markham Collection (page 4)

The Scarlet Pastorale, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Scarlet Pastorale, 1894. A masked ball, with a man dressed as Harlequin in the foreground, First published in The Sketch for 10 April 1895. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

The Toilette of Salome, I, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Toilette of Salome, I, 1893. A naked Salome sits in front of a mirror as a masked figure tends to her hair. A page holds a tray of refreshments

Frontispiece for Juvenal, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Frontispiece for Juvenal, 1894. An elderly woman is just glimpsed between the curtains of a sedan chair carried by monkeys. From The Yellow Book, Vol. IV

Comedy-Ballet of Marionettes, III, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Comedy-Ballet of Marionettes, III, 1894. Figures on stage, with cymbals player, piper, conductor and drummer in the orchestra pit. From The Yellow Book, Vol. I

Design for a Yellow Book Cover, 1894-1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Design for a Yellow Book Cover, 1894-1895. A woman holding a muff looks at a pile of books: Story of Venus and Tannhauser, Discords, Shakespeare, The Yellow Book, Dickens. This design was not used

The Oyster Woman, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Oyster Woman, c1780-1825. Rowlandson, by nature and through his interests, was constantly in touch with his surroundings

Discomforts of an Epicure, 1787. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Discomforts of an Epicure, 1787. According to available descriptions of Rowlandson, this is a self-portrait, of course exaggerated

The Double Disaster, 1807. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Double Disaster, 1807....a rustic swain, whose philanderings have landed him in the midst of the perplexities of a double dilemma

Taking a Mean Advantage, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Taking a Mean Advantage, c1780-1825. A man leers at his female companions thigh which is revealed as she climbs over a gate

The Suicide, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Suicide, c1780-1825. This is one of the few drawings of Rowlandsons where humor is not dominant. However, the sincerity of the wife, who has collapsed

The Parsonage, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Parsonage, c1780-1825. This drawing of The Parsonage is vigorous, emphatic, and one might say brilliant in Rowlandsons best manner

Mr. Bannister and Miss Orser, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Mr. Bannister and Miss Orser, c1780-1825. John Bannister was born at Deptford [London], May 12, 1760. He was the son of Charles Bannister, noted English actor

Market Place, Cornwall, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Market Place, Cornwall, c1780-1825. " Market Place, Cornwall" is of the essence of Rowlandsons village-scene subjects

Home from Sea, 1856-1863. Creator: Arthur Hughes
Home from Sea, 1856-1863. This work was originally exhibited as The Mothers Grave : a boy in sailors uniform weeps over the grave of his mother who has died while he was at sea

The fair near the village church, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The fair near the village church, c1780-1825. The absolute balance, arrangement, and rightness of the masses in shadow and light in relation to the line, with alternating weight and delicacy

Jealousy, the Rival, 1803. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Jealousy, the Rival, 1803. Does not this drawing with its foreground arrangement of profoundly expressive figures become something greater than the subject might suggerst

Country Scene in Cumberland, 1805. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Country Scene in Cumberland, 1805. This scene with rustic cottage perched high in difficult and interesting terrain finds Rowlandson in a strongly masculine mood

Posting in Germany, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Posting in Germany, c1780-1825. Travellers outside an inn....we can see Rowlandson devoting himself to experimentation with chiaroscuro to discover to what degree

Colonel Seaham, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Colonel Seaham, late 18th-early 19th century. An outstanding example of Rowlandsons portraiture is here illustraited in " Colonel Seaham"

The Rivals, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Rivals, c1780-1825. These two young men, one a dashing young officer, the other a gallant but unattractive adventurer, are displaying their simulated affections to the complacent rich dowager

The Awakening Conscience, 1852-1854. Creator: William Holman Hunt
The Awakening Conscience, 1852-1854. A mistress or kept woman and her lover have been playing and singing to Thomas Moores " Oft in the Stilly Night"

Suitors, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Suitors, c1780-1825. In " Suitors" we find one of the subjects drawn from Rowlandsons imagination, a source which was inexhaustible

The Village Fair, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Village Fair, c1780-1825. " Buy a song, one penny..." - one of the street cries in England during Rowlandsons time

The Return of the Dove to the Ark, 1850. Creator: John Everett Millais
The Return of the Dove to the Ark, 1850. Scene from the Old Testament story of Noahs Ark: a dove, bearing an olive branch, returns to the Ark

Reading the Will, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Reading the Will, c1780-1825. Here is a brilliant example of Rowlandsons genius at capturing human emotions. This scene...becomes a humorous study of variously affected would-be inheritors

Market Day, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Market Day, c1780-1825. It is interesting to note Rowlandsons love of drawing animals, especially horses and dogs. They give life and naturalness to his market and tavern scenes

A wig shop, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A wig shop, c1780-1825. The two old ladies examining a girlish headdress displayed by the wigmaker are delightfully satisfied with the model, if one can judge from their expressions

The Pretty Bar Maid, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Pretty Bar Maid, c1780-1825. In Rowlandsons work, on the one hand, there is a delicate delineation of exaggerated commonplaceness and, on the other, sensitive realism

The Black Cape, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Black Cape, 1893. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

The Woman in the Moon, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Woman in the Moon, 1893. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

The Kiss of Judas, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Kiss of Judas, 1893. From the " Pall Mall" magazine, July 1893. Published in " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

Front cover of "The Best of Beardsley", 1948. Creator: Unknown
Front cover of " The Best of Beardsley", 1948. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

The Gordon Highlanders: Captain and Subaltern officer with the Kings Colours, 1933. British Army soldiers in traditional Scottish kilts, with the Union Jack flag

Glimpses of Old Newgate - Interior of Newgate showing the Galleries, c1900. Newgate Prison, dating back to the 12th century, was originally located at the site of Newgate

Glimpses of Old Newgate - Exercise Ground for Condemned Men, c1900. Creator: Rotophot
Glimpses of Old Newgate - Exercise Ground for Condemned Men, c1900. Newgate Prison, dating back to the 12th century, was originally located at the site of Newgate

The Gordon Highlanders, 1936. Creator: Percy Frederick Seaton Spence
The Gordon Highlanders, 1936. Scottish regiment lowering the Union flag as the royal carriage passes along Constitution Hill in London. In the distance is the Wellington Arch

Vancouvers Kitsilano Boys Band, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Vancouvers Kitsilano Boys Band, c1935. Canadian Champions Toronto 1931, Pacific Northwest & B. C. [British Columbia] Champions 1931-32-33-34. First Prize Winners Worlds Fair Chicago 1933. Arthur W

Glimpses of Old Newgate - Interior of Scaffold, c1900. Creator: Rotophot
Glimpses of Old Newgate - Interior of Scaffold, c1900. Newgate Prison, dating back to the 12th century, was originally located at the site of Newgate

Glimpses of Old Newgate - Burial Ground of Executed Prisoners, c1900. Creator: Rotophot
Glimpses of Old Newgate - Burial Ground of Executed Prisoners, c1900. Newgate Prison, dating back to the 12th century, was originally located at the site of Newgate

Glimpses of Old Newgate - Visiting Box and Exterior of Scaffold, c1900. Newgate Prison, dating back to the 12th century, was originally located at the site of Newgate

Good Luck from Pitlochry, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Good Luck from Pitlochry, 1930s. Souvenir of the Scottish town of Pitlochry, child wearing a kilt and holding a bunch of lucky heather

All Joy on your Birthday, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
All Joy on your Birthday, 1930s

Schwarzwaldhotel Waldlust, Freudenstadt, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Schwarzwaldhotel Waldlust, Freudenstadt, 1936. View of the Hotel Waldlust in the Black Forest, Freudenstadt, Germany. In its heydey

Birthday Greetings, 1933. Creator: Unknown
Birthday Greetings, 1933. Bluebirds on a branch of blossom, with poem

Longueville House, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, c1950. Creator: Unknown
Longueville House, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, c1950. View of Longueville House, a 300-year-old Georgian country house in the Blackwater Valley in the south west of Ireland

Lausanne, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Lausanne, 1930s. View of the capital city of Switzerland on Lake Leman, with the Jura Mountains beyond

Dog and small boy, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Dog and small boy, 1930s

With best Easter Wishes, 1932. Creator: Unknown
With best Easter Wishes, 1932. Ducklings and eggs in a basket of flowers

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