Walker Rainforth Armitage Collection (page 2)

Cover Design for The Savoy No. 8, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Cover Design for The Savoy No. 8, 1896. An androgynous figure in a turban tilts forward on a stool. Published in " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

Frontispiece to A Book of Bargains by Vincent O Sullivan, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Frontispiece to A Book of Bargains by Vincent O Sullivan, 1896. Woman sitting at a desk, ...represents an apparition from one of the stories in...a grim little book written in cool, clear prose

The Barge, 1895-1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Barge, 1895-1896. Baroque scene: a woman with an elaborate hairstyle is attended by two men in a boat with ornate decoration

Design for the Prospectus of the Savoy, II, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Design for the Prospectus of the Savoy, II, 1895. Winged figure carrying quill pens and a sign. Illustration for " The Savoy" magazine. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R

Cover Design for The Savoy No. I, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Cover Design for The Savoy No. I, 1895. As originally drawn the amour is making free with a copy of The Yellow Book at his feet, a reference to Beardsleys parting with [publisher] John Lane

Cover Design for The Savoy No. 4, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Cover Design for The Savoy No. 4, 1896. Woman with bunches of grapes on ornate stand. Published in " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

Alberich, from The Savoy No. 8, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Alberich, from The Savoy No. 8, 1896. Another drawing for Das Rheingold. It has the charm of a Japanese netsuke and reminds one of an earlier drawing

The Fourth Tableau of Das Rheingold, from The Savoy No. 6, 1896. Cover design with Wotan and Loge, illustration for Wagners opera " Das Rheingold"

The Lady with the Rose, 1897. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Lady with the Rose, 1897. Included in the Mademoiselle de Maupin Portfolio but possibly not intended as an illustration. " Mademoiselle de Maupin" was a novel by Theophile Gautier

The Three Musicians II, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Three Musicians II, 1895. A couple in a forest scene. This illustration was omitted from The Savoy No. I. Published in " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

The Coiffing, from The Savoy No. 3, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Coiffing, from The Savoy No. 3, 1896. Woman with her hairdresser. Note diagonal line rising from the footstool to the crown on the Virgin Marys head

Cul-de-lampe to The Pierrot of the Minute, 1897. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Cul-de-lampe to The Pierrot of the Minute, 1897. Illustration for a verse play by Ernest Dowson, published by Leonard Smithers. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

Cover Design for Dowsons Verses, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Cover Design for Dowsons Verses, 1896. " Verses", a collection of poetry by Ernest Dowson, was published by Leonard Smithers. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

Cover Design for The Savoy No. 7, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Cover Design for The Savoy No. 7, 1896. The eternal problem of Youth and Pedantry. Published in " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

Mademoiselle de Maupin, 1897. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Mademoiselle de Maupin, 1897. For an intended edition of the book by Theophile Gautier, but published in a portfolio after the death of the artist (Beardsley)

Messalina returning from the Bath, 1897. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Messalina returning from the Bath, 1897. Probably intended as an illustration to the VI Satire of Juvenal. Messalina (died 48 AD) was the wife of the Roman emperor Claudius

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, from The Savoy No. 8, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, from The Savoy No. 8, 1896. One of a series of proposed caricatures of musicians. Published in " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

Initial Letter V (Satyr) to Volpone, 1898. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Initial Letter V (Satyr) to Volpone, 1898. Illustration for an edition of Ben Jonsons eponymous comedy play, published by Leonard Smithers

Cover Design, 1895-1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Cover Design, 1895-1896. Scissors motif flanked by candelabras. Illustration for " The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope, published privately by Leonard Smithers in 1896

The Bathers, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Bathers, 1895. Alternative title: On Dieppe Beach. From The Savoy No. I..It illustrates Arthur Symonss article on Dieppe. Published in " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

Initial Letters (Vulture) to Volpone, 1898. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Initial Letters (Vulture) to Volpone, 1898. Illustration for an edition of Ben Jonsons eponymous comedy play, published by Leonard Smithers

Moska, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Moska, 1895. From The Savoy No. I...illustration to Arthur Symonss article on Dieppe. Published in " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

Titlepage to The Savoy Nos 1 and 2, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Titlepage to The Savoy Nos 1 and 2, 1895. A woman with an ostrich-feather headdress and a man in Pierrot costume. Illustration for " The Savoy", a magazine of literature, art

Initial Letter V (Column) to Volpone, 1898. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Initial Letter V (Column) to Volpone, 1898. Illustration for an edition of Ben Jonsons eponymous comedy play, published by Leonard Smithers

Cover Design to The Pierrot of the Minute, 1897. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Cover Design to The Pierrot of the Minute, 1897. Illustration for a verse play by Ernest Dowson, published by Leonard Smithers. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

Frontispiece to The Pierrot of the Minute, 1897. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Frontispiece to The Pierrot of the Minute, 1897. Illustration for a verse play by Ernest Dowson, published by Leonard Smithers. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

Initial Letter M (Venus) to Volpone, 1898. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Initial Letter M (Venus) to Volpone, 1898. Illustration for an edition of Ben Johnsons eponymous comedy play, published by Leonard Smithers

The Death of Pierrot, from The Savoy No. 6, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Death of Pierrot, from The Savoy No. 6, 1896. Characters from the Commedia dell Arte tiptoe towards the dying Pierrot

Tristan und Isolde, from The Savoy No. 7, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Tristan und Isolde, from The Savoy No. 7, 1896. Characters from Wagners opera. Published in " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

The Climax, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Climax, 1893. The floating figure of Salome holds the severed head of John the Baptist (Jokanaan). The head has writhing snake-like hair

L Education Sentimentale, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
L Education Sentimentale, 1894. This drawing created much stir at the time...[it was] subsequently cut off and tinted by the artist and renamed Mrs Marsuple (from Under the Hill)

Chopin Ballade III, Op. 47, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Chopin Ballade III, Op. 47, 1895. Woman riding side saddle on a rearing horse. Probably exhibited in October 1895, in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters under the title of the Comtesse d

The Fruit Bearers, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Fruit Bearers, 1895. Illustration for Beardsleys novel " Under the Hill". From The Savoy No. I. Published in " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

Initial Letter V (Elephant) to Volpone, 1898. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Initial Letter V (Elephant) to Volpone, 1898. Illustration for an edition of Ben Jonsons eponymous comedy play, published by Leonard Smithers

A Platonic Lament, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
A Platonic Lament, 1893. A caricature of Oscar Wilde appears in the sky above a nude figure mourning over the body of the Young Syrian. A jester-like figure crouches beneath

Salome on [a] Settle, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Salome on [a] Settle, 1893. Alternative title: Maitresse d Orchestre. Salome, in a lace-edged black robe with a tassel which trails on the floor, holds a slim pointed object like a conductors baton

Contents Page of The Savoy No 1, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Contents Page of The Savoy No 1, 1895. Caricature of John Bull holding quill pen and sharpened pencils, illustration for " The Savoy" magazine

Portrait of Himself, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Portrait of Himself, 1894. British artist and eccentric Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) depicts himself as a tiny figure in an enormous canopied bed

The Return of Tannhauser to the Venusberg, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Return of Tannhauser to the Venusberg, 1895. Illustration probably made for " Under the Hill", an unfinished erotic novel by Beardsley based on the legend of Tannhauser

Atalanta I, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Atalanta I, 1895. Heroine of Greek mythology holding a bow. An illustration to the poem Atalanta in Corydon by Algernon Charles Swinburne, and intended for " The Yellow Book", Vol

Frontispiece to An Evil Motherhood. Elkin Mathews, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Frontispiece to An Evil Motherhood. Elkin Mathews, 1895. Illustration to " An Evil Motherhood. an Impressionist Novel, Etc." by Walt Ruding, published by Elkin Mathews

The Battle of the Beaux and the Belles, 1895-1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Battle of the Beaux and the Belles, 1895-1896. Belinda knocks over a chair in her rage. To arms, to arms! the fierce virago cries; And swift as lightning to the combat flies

La Dame aux Camelias, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
La Dame aux Camelias, 1894. Woman standing at a dressing table, wearing a voluminous white coat over an evening dress with peacock feather motifs

The Stomach Dance, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Stomach Dance, 1893. Salome, wearing a peacock feather headdress, performs the dance of the seven veils. A grotesque figure plays a stringed instrument

Comedy-Ballet of Marionettes, II, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Comedy-Ballet of Marionettes, II, 1894. Two women, one in bloomers and the other in a figure-hugging dress with flounced sleeves and hem. From The Yellow Book, Vol. II

The Dancers Reward, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Dancers Reward, 1893. A horrified Salome, wearing a robe adorned with roses and with an elaborate curled hairstyle, beholds the severed and bloody head of John the Baptist (Jokanaan)

Cover Design for the Cambridge ABC, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Cover Design for the Cambridge ABC, 1894. A masked figure and a woman wearing a dress with a long train meet in a formal garden

D Albert, 1897. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
D Albert, 1897. Chevalier d Albert, a character from " Mademoiselle de Maupin" by Theophile Gautier. Published in " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

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