Cupid and Psyche - Palace Green Murals - Psyche entering the Portals of Olympus1872 – 1881 Accession number: 1922P198 Oil on canvas. Width: 3288 mm Height: 1980 mm InformationThe final 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., London. The full title of the panel is, 'Psyche entering the portals of Olympus with Cupid, preceded by Mercury, is welcomed by the Gods, and is offered the Cup of Immortality by Hebe.'
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