2-880-178 - Shirley Markham Collection/Heritage Images

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 Beardsley's parting with [publisher] John Lane, but this was later altered'. Lane dispensed with Beardley's services as art editor of the magazine in the wake of the Oscar Wilde scandal. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]