Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
Fat Lady
5 3/16 x 4 1/2 inches (132 x 114 mm)
Pen and brown ink on writing paper with autograph letter on verso, mounted on board.
1981.60:5
Gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Summary
The drawing illustrates a letter from the artist of which only the following portion is visible: Wednesday / These fat women / must be used up - I'm very / sorry - but you need take notice of / them. they are entirely occupied with / themselves.
Associated names
Gaskell family, former owner.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), former owner.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 241.
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Century Drawings
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