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Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
Study for The Iron Chariot
Black chalk with graphite pencil on brown paper.
Design area: 3 13/16 x 5 3/16 inches (96 x 132 mm); full sheet: 4 3/8 x 6 13/16 inches (111 x 157 mm)
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
1975.47
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
A drawing from the artist's abandoned series of illustrations to the Kelmscott edition of the Bible, ca. 1887-1890.
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Inscribed in black ink at upper margin above illustration, "The iron chariot".
Provenance:
John M. Crawford, Jr.
Associated names:
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 253.
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