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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)
Graphite pencil on paper.
Design area: 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches (131 x 172 mm); full sheet: 7 x 10 inches (178 x 254 mm)
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
1975.50:5
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Watermark: none.
One of eleven preparatory drawings for illustrations to the Kelmscott edition of Chaucer published at Hammersmith in 1896.
Inscription:
Inscribed in pencil by Sir Sydney C. Cockerell at lower right, "p. 60"; and at upper right, "Prioress's Tale 2".
Provenance:
Sir Philip Burne-Jones, the son of the aritst; Sir Sydney C. Cockerell; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 December 1956, lot 45; John M. Crawford, Jr.
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.
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.
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