Cupid and Psyche - Palace Green Murals - Psyche's Sisters visit her at Cupid's HouseBy Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Walter Crane 1872 – 1881 Accession number: 1922P190 Oil on canvas. Width: 2667 mm Height: 1195 mm InformationThe fourth in a series of twelve panels, based on 'The Story of Cupid and Psyche' from William Morris's epic poem, 'The Earthly Paradise', commissioned by George Howard (later the 9th Earl of Carlisle) in the late 1860s for his newly-built home in No 1 Palace Green, Kensington.The full title of the panel is, 'Psyche's sisters visit her at Cupid's House: Psyche, unrobing, listens to the voice of Love, invisible: Psyche's sisters bidding her farewell after their second visit.'
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