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Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
The Laird of Linden Hall (for Archibald Maclaren's "The Fairy Family")
London, 1854-1856.
5 5/8 x 3 13/16 inches (143 x 97 mm)
Pen and black ink on paper.
1982.10:13a
Purchased as the gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
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Illustration for last stanza of "The Brownie", depicting the verse "He had repented -- late, oh late! -- / And in his woe had come / To die alone beside the gate / Of his deserted home: / But sadly by one stranger stood, / In cloak of russet-brown, / Of fashion old, with cape and hood / That to his waist came down". Incorporated are the words "He had repented -- late, oh late!", in stylized hand lettering.
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 last stanza of "The Brownie", depicting the verse "He had repented -- late, oh late! -- / And in his woe had come / To die alone beside the gate / Of his deserted home: / But sadly by one stranger stood, / In cloak of russet-brown, / Of fashion old, with cape and hood / That to his waist came down". Incorporated are the words "He had repented -- late, oh late!", in stylized hand lettering.
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. 148 (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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