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Francisco and the Monk (for Archibald Maclaren's "The Fairy Family")

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Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898

Francisco and the Monk (for Archibald Maclaren's "The Fairy Family")

London, 1854-1856.
5 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches (146 x 98 mm)
Pen and black ink on paper.
1982.10:11a

Purchased as the gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.

Notes
Watermark: none.
Partial border illustration of "Francisco and the Monk" from "The Monaciello", depicting the verse "And lifting up his streaming eyes, / Upon a presence strange they rest; / Stands there a Monk of dwarfish size, / In cloak and cowl of sable dressed". Incorporated are the first words of verse "From Naples", in stylized hand lettering.
Originally in the Album of Illustrations for Archibald MacLaren's "The Fairy Family : a Series of Ballads & Metrical Tales Illustrating the Fairy Faith of Europe," London, 1857.
Associated names
Maclaren, Archibald, 1755-1826, former owner.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), donor.
Maclaren, Archibald, 1819-1884. Fairy family.
Bibliography
Maclaren, Archibald. The Fairy Family. London: Dalrymple Press, 1985, p. 70 (repr.)
Georgiana Burne-Jones, Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones, I, London, 1904, 100, 120, 135-136.
John Christian, "Burne-Jones Studies, I: Burne-Jones's Drawings for 'The Fairy Family,'" Burlington Magazine, cxv, no. 839, February 1973, 16, figs. 15-22.
M. Harrison and W. Waters, Burne-Jones, London, 1973, 16, figs. 15-22.
Burne-Jones, Hayward Gallery, London, and elsewhere, 1975, no. 9, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department