Cupid and Psyche - Palace Green Murals - Psyche holding the Lamp gazes on the Face of sleeping Cupid and Psyche abandonedBy Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Walter Crane 1872 – 1881 Accession number: 1922P191 Oil on canvas. Width: 3300 mm Height: 1195 mm InformationThe fifth 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, holding the lamp, gazes enraptured on the face of sleeping Cupid: Psyche kneels, with arms held out in supplication, as Cupid flies away through the doorway.'
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