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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016] 2 volumes (xxxi, [1], 519, [1] pages; xi, [1], 547, [1] pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. ISBN: 9780300111279\r\n\r\nThe entry is as follows:\r\n284\r\nThe King makes a Move on the Board\r\nEarly February 1893\r\nVictoria and Albert Museum, London (E.32-1948)\r\nPen and Indian ink over pencil on irregularly cut off-white wove paper; 4 7/8 x 4 3/16 inches (125 x 106 mm); signed.\r\n\r\nINSCRIPTIONS: Recto inscribed in ink by artist: at right top: THE / KING / MAKES / A MOVE / ON  / THE BOARD.; [monogram at right bottom]: A B / [in pencil in another hand in right corner]: 2  have by / Monday at 6; Verso in pencil: 8496 / P.M.G.  / E.32-1948\r\n\r\nPROVENANCE: G. R. Halkett; bt. R. A. Walker in 1913; bt Herbert von Garvens; W. T. Spencer (bookseller); H. H. Harrod; bequeathed to Victoria and Albert Museum in 1948.\r\n\r\nEXHIBITION: London 1966-8 (153)\r\n\r\nLITERATURE: Vallance 1897 (p.203), 1909 (no.55.iii.5); Gallatin 1945 (no. 257); Reade 1967 (p.314 n.46); Samuels Lasner 1995 (no.9)\r\n\r\nREPRODUCED: Pall Mall Budget 9 February 1893 (p. 188); Early Work 1899 (no.144); Reade 1967 (plate 45).\r\n\r\nThis drawing is one of eight that Beardsley made for the Pall Mall Budget to illustrate a review of Tennyson’s Beckett (1879), which opened at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on 6 February 1893. \r\nKing Henry II, played by William Terriss, wears a short costume, moving with eyes closed on a chessboard. He holds his arms and hands like the figure of Beardsley in Spooks at the Review of Reviews (no. 255 above). For further comment on Beardsley’s drawings for the Pall Mall Budget, see no. 274 above. 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