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M. Dent to produce illustrations for his intended republication of Malory's romantic tale 'Le Morte Darthur'; it was Beardsley's first commission. This design was for a chapter heading for Chapter VII, Book IV of 'Le Morte Darthur'. It was omitted from the first edition, published by Dent between 1893-4, but was used in the edition of 1909.\r\n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Drawing by Aubrey Beardsley, a youth beside a sundial, design for a chapter heading in Thomas Malory’s 'Le Morte Darthur', omitted from the first edition but used for Chapter VII, Book IV, p.75 in the edition of 1909, pen and ink, London, ca.1892-4 ","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Calloway, Stephen. <u>Aubrey Beardsley</u>. London: V & A Publications, 1998. 224pp, illus. ISBN: 1851772197.","id":"AUTH332149"},"details":"chapter 3","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Linda Gertner Zatlin, Aubrey Beardsley : a catalogue raisonne. 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\n\r\n676\r\nYoung Boy facing a Sundial\r\nBook IV, chapter vii, 1909 edition\r\n1892-4\r\nVictoria and Albert Museum, London (D.1825-1904)\r\nPen, brush and Indian ink over pencil on beige wove paper; 4 7/8 x 3 11/16 inches (124 x 94 mm).\r\n\r\nINSCRIPTIONS: Verso in pencil: reduce by 1/2 / 2 / [in ink]: [stamp of] National Art Library / D.1825-1904\r\n\r\nFLOWERS: Stylised flower and tree. \r\n\r\nPROVENANCE: J. M. Dent; …; bt. Victoria and Albert Museum in 1904.\r\n\r\nEXHIBITION: London 1966-8 (199).\r\n\r\nLITERATURE: Vallance 1897 (p.202), 1909 (no.59.xx); Walker 1945a (p.11); Gallatin 1945 (no. 631-41); Reade 1967 (p.324 n.153); Samuels Lasner 1995 (no.22b).\r\n\r\nREPRODUCED: Le Morte Darthur, 1909 (p. 75); Reade 1967 (plate 155).\r\n\r\nIn the 1909 single volume edition of Le Morte Darthur ten drawings were included that had been omitted from the 1893-4 edition. This one is repeated in Book XVI, chapter viii, p. 482 of the 1909 edition of Le Morte Darthur. 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