Title(s):
Parliament of Fowls: Cupid at his forge, attended by his daughter Kelmscott Chaucer
Maker:
Burne-Jones, Edward; draughtsman; British artist, 1833-1898
Category:
drawing
Name:
drawing
School/Style:
British
Production
Note:
For page 316 of the Kelmscott Chaucer.
Technique:
drawing (image-making)
Material(s):
graphite; medium
paper; support
Technique
Description:
graphite within drawn graphite border on paper
Dimension(s):
height, drawn area, 130, mm
width, drawn area, 172, mm
height, support, 153, mm
width, support, 196, mm
Acquisition:
given; 1921; Baldwin, Stanley
Provenance:
Sold by the Executors of the Burne-Jones estate, Sotheby's, July 8th, 1919, lot 23; bought Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, MP
Notes:
See also: 1 sheet of preliminary sketches (1079.85 F.O.F.) and 1 trial proof (1079i F.O.F.). 1079.85: graphite on paper, 323 x 201 mm (irregular). 2 studies on one sheet.
Inscription(s):
; verso; graphite; E
; verso; graphite; 1050-48
Exhibition(s):
Edward Burne-Jones. Victorian Artist-Dreamer. 1998-06-04 - 1999-06-06
Organiser: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Venue: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Notes: Page 311.
Documentation:
Robinson, Duncan. 1975. A Companion Volume to the Kelmscott Chaucer.London?: Basilisk Press
Reproduced, plate 48.
Related Object(s):
1079/85; Two preliminary studies for The Parliament of Fowls: Cupid at his forge, attended by his daughter
1079/87; Preliminary studies for The Parliament of Fowls: above, Venus; below, a wide arched doorway; lower right, studies for the bellows mechanism of Cupid's Forge
Accession:
Object Number: 1050.48
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 82159; input: 2002-12-20; modified: 2017-04-12)
Permanent
Identifier:
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