Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women' - Phyllis And Hypermnestra
1864
Accession number: 1904P519
Pen and ink, brown wash over pencil on cream-toned paper, laid down.
Width: 439 mm
Height: 435 mm
Information
One of seven designs in Birmingham's collection for Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women', six of which were used in the bay window of the Combination Room at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. This image of Phyllis was also used for a colour tile executed by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. in 1864.
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Sir Edward Burne-Jones | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP 13092 | ||||
| Maker's mark | top right | Handwritten | - | Pencil |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Decorative Art of Burne-Jones and Morris | |||
| 17 | Midland Area Travelling Exhibition | 1957 - 1957 | |
| Morris & Company in Cambridge | |||
| 76 (6) | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge | 1980-09-30 - 1980-11-16 | |
| Burne-Jones: Dal Preraffaelismo al Simbolismo | |||
| 89 | Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome | 1986-10-07 - 1987-01-03 | |
| L'Amore: dall'Olympico all'Alcova | |||
| 3,10 | Mole Antonelliana, Turin | 1992-05-30 - 1992-10-04 | |
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. 133 |
| The Stained Glass of Wililam Morris and His Circle | |||
| A Charles Sewter | 1975 | Yale University Press, New Haven | Vol. I: fig. 202; Vol. II: pp. 45, 207 |
| William Morris Tiles | |||
| Hilary Myers, Richard Myers | 1996 | Richard Dennis, Somerset | p. 79, fig 125 |
| 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. 64 |
Provenance
| Charles Fairfax Murray |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| William Morris | Associated with |
| Geoffrey Chaucer | Author |
Associated places
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Combination Room, Peterhouse College | Made for |
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