Edward Coley Burne-Jones

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1833-1898

"On a bed of fragrant moss they lie" (for Archibald Maclaren's "The Fairy Family")

London, 1854-1856

Pen and black ink on paper.

5 11/16 x 3 13/16 inches (144 x 97 mm)

Purchased as the gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.

1982.10:36

Notes:

Watermark: none.
Partial border illustration for "The Hill-Man", depicting the verse "On a bed of fragrant moss they lie / That may with the softest swan-down vie, / The coverlet is a white fox-skin". Incorporated are the opening words of verse "For weeks had the snow, and the snow alone", 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.

Provenance:

Given by the artist to Archibald MacLaren, and thence by descent; sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 November 1981, lot 27, repr.

Associated names:

Maclaren, Archibald, 1755-1826, former owner.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), donor.
Maclaren, Archibald, 1819-1884. Fairy family.

Bibliography:

Maclaren, Archibald. The Fairy Family. London: Dalrymple Press, 1985, p.129 (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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