Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
Emelye outside the Dungeon (The Knyghtes Tale)
Design area: 5 1/4 x 6 13/16 inches (130 x 173 mm); full sheet: 7 x 9 15/16 inches (178 x 253 mm)
Graphite pencil on paper.
1975.50:1
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
Notes
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 in lower right corner by sir Sydney C. Cockerell, "p. 9"; on verso in another hand in pencil at bottom center, "The Knight's Tale".
Associated names
Burne-Jones, Philip, 1861-1926, Formerly attributed to.
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.
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.
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, exhibition catalogue by Paul Needham, Joseph Dunlap, and John Dreyfus, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1976, no. 95A.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, exhibition catalogue by Paul Needham, Joseph Dunlap, and John Dreyfus, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1976, no. 95A.
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Century Drawings
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