Edward Coley Burne-Jones

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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)

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

1982.9

Inscription:

Inscribed at upper left of inside fly leaf, in pen and blue ink, "Dorothy Henley".

Provenance:

Given by the artist to George Howard, ninth Earl of Carlisle, and thence by descent; sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 November 1981, lot 26, repr.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 242.

Notes:

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.

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.

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