Page:Picture Posters.djvu/243

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been validated.
AUBREY BEARDSLEY.
223

the charming design done by Mr. Beardsley to advertise the Pseudonym series of short stories. In it we meet with the artist in his less mordant mood. The sketch of the

DESIGN BY MABEL DEARMER.

old bookshop in the background is quite delightful, and the whole design is less grotesque than most of Mr. Beardsley's productions. The arrangement in purple and