The Hours - Drapery Study
1864 – 1866
Accession number: 1904P139
Brown-red chalk on cream paper.
Width: 176 mm
Height: 280 mm
Information
One of two dawings in Birmingham's collection for the oil painting of 'The Hours' at Sheffield Museums Trust (1870-83), where Burne-Jones explores the hours of the day with an 'Albert Moore-like group of figures'.Burne Jones described The Hours as; 'a row of six little women that typify the hours of the day from waking to sleep. their little knees look so funny in a row that wit descended on me from above , and I called them ' the lapse of time'.
- 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) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burne-Jones: dal Preraffaelismo al Simbolismo | |||
| 8 | Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome | 1987 - 1987 | |
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. 113 |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| Elisa Korb, Tessa Sidey | 2007 | Dan Giles, Ltd., London | p. 74 |
Provenance
| Charles Fairfax Murray |
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