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Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
Study for Medea in the Presence of Circe
Black chalk on paper.
design area: 6 15/16 x 4 15/16 inches (176 x 109 mm); sheet: 8 x 5 1/4 inches (202 x 134 mm)
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
1975.49:2
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Watermark: none.
One of four preparatory drawings, engraved by W. Spielmeyer, for two illustrations in William Morris, "The Life and Death of Jason", published in 1895 by the Kelmscott Press.
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Inscribed in pencil in upper margin, "Jason: interview between Circe & Me[dea]".
Provenance:
William Morris; his gift to Sir Sydney C. Cockerell; John M. Crawford, Jr.
Associated names:
Morris, William, 1834-1896, former owner.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, former owner.
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Morris, William, 1834-1896. Life and death of Jason.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 253.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 84B, pl. LXXXVIII.
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