Pyramus and Thisbe - Thisbe
1864
Accession number: 1909P63
Pencil with black chalk on paper.
Width: 235 mm
Height: 317 mm
Information
This drawing along with one of Pyramus are described as being for tiles in the 1935 Birmingham catalogue. They appear far too detailed to be used as such and are not divided by a grid to show individual tiles as are other well-developed designs. The cartoon contains a verse from Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women', and refers to Thisbe of Babylon. This design appears with minor alterations in a watercolour triptych on vellum dating from 1872, now in the Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead.
- Presented by Edward Robert Hughes, 1909.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Sir Edward Burne-Jones | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At every time when they durste so [above image] // But what is that that love cannot espie/ Ye lovers two if that i shall not lie,/ ye founden first this little narrow clift/ and with a sword as soft as any shrift, they let their wordes through the clifte pace/ and tolden, while they stonden in the place/ All their complaint of love, and all their wo/ At every time when that they dursten so/ Thisbe of Babylon. | ||||
| Text | middle right | Handwritten | - | Pencil. Written as an inscription for the drawing in the artist's hand |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burne-Jones: dal Preraffaelismo al Simbolismo | |||
| 93 | Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome | 1987-10-07 - 1987-01-03 | |
| L'Amore: dall Olimpico all'Alcova | |||
| 3.9 (repro p. 155) | Mole Antonelliana, Turin | 1992-05-30 - 1992-10-04 | |
| Morris & Company Tiles | |||
| 626 | William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow | 1996-09-14 - 1997-01-05 | |
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. 114 |
| William Morris Tiles | |||
| Hilary Myers, Richard Myers | 1997 | Richard Dennis, Somerset | p. 62 |
| 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. 94 |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Ovid | Author |
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