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Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
"The wind is up" (for Archibald Maclaren's "The Fairy Family")
London, 1854-1856.
5 7/8 x 3 13/16 inches (149 x 97 mm)
Pen and black ink on paper.
1982.10:34
Purchased as the gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
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Watermark: none.
Partial border iIlustration for "The Black Dwarfs", depicting the verse: "And one with flagon hastens up, / The red wine at its brim; / And Ludwig takes the massey cup, / Embossed from stem to rim". Incorporated are the opening words of verse "The wind is up", comprised of decorative initial T" and stylized hand lettering, and the words "The Black Dwarf" with anthropomorphic initial "B", and stylized hand lettering.
Originally in the Album of Illustrations for Archibald MacLaren's "The Fairy Family : a Series of Ballads & Metrical Tales Illustrating the Fairy Faith of Europe," London, 1857.
Partial border iIlustration for "The Black Dwarfs", depicting the verse: "And one with flagon hastens up, / The red wine at its brim; / And Ludwig takes the massey cup, / Embossed from stem to rim". Incorporated are the opening words of verse "The wind is up", comprised of decorative initial T" and stylized hand lettering, and the words "The Black Dwarf" with anthropomorphic initial "B", and stylized hand lettering.
Originally in the Album of Illustrations for Archibald MacLaren's "The Fairy Family : a Series of Ballads & Metrical Tales Illustrating the Fairy Faith of Europe," London, 1857.
Associated names
Maclaren, Archibald, 1819-1884, former owner.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), donor.
Maclaren, Archibald, 1755-1826. Fairy family.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), donor.
Maclaren, Archibald, 1755-1826. Fairy family.
Bibliography
Maclaren, Archibald. The Fairy Family. London: Dalrymple Press, 1985, p.103 (repr.)
Georgiana Burne-Jones, Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones, I, London, 1904, 100, 120, 135-136.
John Christian, "Burne-Jones Studies, I: Burne-Jones's Drawings for 'The Fairy Family,'" Burlington Magazine, cxv, no. 839, February 1973, 16, figs. 15-22.
M. Harrison and W. Waters, Burne-Jones, London, 1973, 16, figs. 15-22.
Burne-Jones, Hayward Gallery, London, and elsewhere, 1975, no. 9, repr.
Georgiana Burne-Jones, Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones, I, London, 1904, 100, 120, 135-136.
John Christian, "Burne-Jones Studies, I: Burne-Jones's Drawings for 'The Fairy Family,'" Burlington Magazine, cxv, no. 839, February 1973, 16, figs. 15-22.
M. Harrison and W. Waters, Burne-Jones, London, 1973, 16, figs. 15-22.
Burne-Jones, Hayward Gallery, London, and elsewhere, 1975, no. 9, repr.
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