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Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
Sketchbook
7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (184 x 120 mm)
Various media: red and blue chalk and pencil.
1971.1
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund.
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Watermark: none.
Summary
The subjects include a number of pages of romping cherubs and some centaurs executed in red chalk, several pages of marine deities, angels and animals in blue chalk, and numerous pages of designs for initials and book illustrations in pencil, including those for "The Song of Songs" and Virgil's "Aeneid".<br>The designs for Virgil's "Aeneid" are related to the large unfinished study for an illuminated page in the Library (Acc. No. 1961.28).
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 110-111.
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Century Drawings
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