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This is a study of an early favourite model of Burne-Jones in the mid-1860s, Augusta Jones. Because it is in left profile, it is perhaps an early study of her made in preparation for 'Astrologia', a gouache of 1865 now in a private collection. She was also the model for Princess Sabra in the first oil painting of the St George Series, 'The Princess in the Garden' (1866, Musee d'Orsay, Paris).

  • Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.
  • © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Makers

Association Artist Organisation
Artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones -

Exhibitions

Catalogue No. Venue Date(s)
Hidden Burne-Jones
24, ill. p.41 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 2007-04-04 - 2007-07-01
24, ill. p.41 Leighton House, London 2007-10 - 2008-01
 

Literature

Author(s) Date(s) Publisher Pages
City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings
A E Whitley 1939 Bemrose & Sons Ltd, Derby p. 104
 
Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Russell Ash 1993 Pavilion, London Pl. 2
 
Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Elisa Korb, John Christian, Tessa Sidey 2007 Dan Giles, Ltd., London p. 63

Provenance

Charles Fairfax Murray

Associated people

Name Type
Augusta Jones Artist's model

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