Cupid and Psyche - Female Nude - Study for Psyche1864 – 1865 Accession number: 1904P124 Pencil, charcoal, and yellow chalk on cream-toned paper. Width: 132 Height: 324 InformationA study for the 'The Story of Cupid and Psyche' made to accompany the poem in William Morris''The Earthly Paradise'. This is possibly a study for the same figure as in 1927P648.17, probably for the illustration of 'Psyche rising from Cupid's Bed'. The pose is similar to that of Ingres''La Source', a favourite of Rossetti.
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