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Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
"Long, long and stern the struggle": Illustration for "La Dame Abonde" (for Archibald Maclaren's "The Fairy Family")
London, 1854-1856.
5 11/16 x 3 13/16 inches (144 x 97 mm)
Pen and black ink on paper.
1982.10:44
Purchased as the gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
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Illustration for "La Dame Abonde", depicting a battle scene. Handwritten in pencil is the verse "Back, back within the city's sheltering walls, / Foe fronting stands the maidens as of yore. / They come, they round encompass her, she falls, / A captive bleeding sore".
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.
Illustration for "La Dame Abonde", depicting a battle scene. Handwritten in pencil is the verse "Back, back within the city's sheltering walls, / Foe fronting stands the maidens as of yore. / They come, they round encompass her, she falls, / A captive bleeding sore".
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, 1755-1826, former owner.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), donor.
Maclaren, Archibald, 1819-1884. Fairy family.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), donor.
Maclaren, Archibald, 1819-1884. Fairy family.
Bibliography
Maclaren, Archibald. The Fairy Family. London: Dalrymple Press, 1985, p. 46 (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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