Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
Chaucer and Thesiphone Foresee the Burning of Troy (Troilus and Creseyde)
Design area: 4 11/16 x 6 1/4 inches (120 x 159 mm); full sheet: 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches (257 x 175 mm)
Graphite pencil on paper.
1975.50:11
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
Notes
Watermark: J Whatman.
One of eleven preparatory drawings for illustrations to the Kelmscott edition of Chaucer published at Hammersmith in 1896.
One of eleven preparatory drawings for illustrations to the Kelmscott edition of Chaucer published at Hammersmith in 1896.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil by Sir Sydney C. Cockerell at bottom left, "ending of Troilus & Cressida"; and in bottom right corner, "p. 537".
Associated names
Burne-Jones, Philip, 1861-1926, former owner.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, former owner.
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Troilus and Criseyde.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, former owner.
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Troilus and Criseyde.
Bibliography
Eighteenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1978, p. 252.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 95k, pl. cviii.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 95k, pl. cviii.
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