Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
Emelye in the Temple of Diana (The Knyghtes Tale)
Design area: 4 11/16 x 6 1/4 inches (119 x 158 mm); full sheet: 9 7/8 x 6 15/16 inches (252 x 176 mm)
Graphite pencil on paper.
1975.50:2
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 at bottom right by Sir Sydney C. Cockerell, "The Knyghtes Tale - 'Emelye or Diana' / Design abandoned for that on p. 23".
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. Knight's tale.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, former owner.
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Knight'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. 250.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 95B, pl. ciii.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 95B, pl. ciii.
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