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Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
Chaucer with his Muse Thesiphone, One of the Furies, Views Troy. (Troilus and Criseyde)
Graphite pencil on paper.
Design area: 4 11/16 x 6 1/4 inches (120 x 158 mm); full sheet: 9 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (256 x 174 mm)
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
1975.50:10
Inscription:
Inscribed in pencil at bottom left by Sir Sydney C. Cockerell, "beginning of Troilus & Cressida"; and in bottom right corner, "p. 470".
Provenance:
Sir Philip Burne-Jones, the son of the artist; Sir Sydney C. Cockerell; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 December 1956, lot 45; John M. Crawford, Jr.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 252.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 95J.
Notes:
Watermark: J Whatman.
One of eleven preparatory drawings for illustrations to the Kelmscott edition of Chaucer published at Hammersmith in 1896.
Associated names:
Burne-Jones, Philip, 1861-1926, former owner.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, former owner.
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Troilus and Criseyde.
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