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Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
The Dragon Train
Graphite on three pieces of paper mounted together.
8 x 37 3/7 inches (203 x 960 mm)
Gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
1981.60:10
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
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Inscribed by the artist on individual cars, "CLERGY, LADIES, BISNIS MEN, BABIES, CONVICTS, AGRICULTURALIST, SOCIETY, LADIES' LUGGAGE, SAME CONTINUED, 50 lb 50 lb 10 lb / BOYS".
Provenance:
D. Shackleton; Mrs. Mackail; sale, London, Sotheby's Belgravia, 24 March 1981, lot 53, repr.; Frederick R. Koch.
Associated names:
Shackleton, D., former owner.
Mackail, Mrs., former owner.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 241-242.
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