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Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
Presentation Album of Studies for William Morris' poem "The Earthly Paradise"
various dimensions; smallest, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (120 x 95 mm); largest, 5 x 7 inches (125 x 175 mm)
1982.9
Purchased as the gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
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Watermark: none.
Two of the designs for Pygmalion in the album are closely related to those in the famous series of 4 oils painted from 1868 to 1870 now in the Birmingham City Art Gallery.
Two of the designs for Pygmalion in the album are closely related to those in the famous series of 4 oils painted from 1868 to 1870 now in the Birmingham City Art Gallery.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at upper left of inside fly leaf, in pen and blue ink, "Dorothy Henley".
Summary
The volume contains 7 preparatory drawings in graphite on tracing paper for Pygmalion and the Image (4), Atalanta's Race (3), and 2 prints for The Ring Given to Venus (2), on 10 leaves, bound in half-leather with marble paper sides.
Associated names
Howard, George James, Earl of Carlisle, 1843-1911, former owner.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), donor.
Morris, William, 1834-1896. Earthly paradise.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), donor.
Morris, William, 1834-1896. Earthly paradise.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 242.
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Century Drawings
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