Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
The Virgin Appears in a Vision to the Murdered Christian Child, and "Me Thoughte She Leyde a Greyn upon my Tonge" (The Prioress's Tale)
Design area: 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches (131 x 172 mm); full sheet: 7 x 10 inches (178 x 254 mm)
Graphite pencil on paper.
1975.50:5
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
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Watermark: none.
One of eleven preparatory drawings for illustrations to the Kelmscott edition of Chaucer published at Hammersmith in 1896.
One of eleven preparatory drawings for illustrations to the Kelmscott edition of Chaucer published at Hammersmith in 1896.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil by Sir Sydney C. Cockerell at lower right, "p. 60"; and at upper right, "Prioress's Tale 2".
Associated names
Burne-Jones, Philip, 1861-1926, former owner.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, former owner.
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Prioress's tale.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, former owner.
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Prioress's tale.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 251.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 95E, pl. civ.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 95E, pl. civ.
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