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This is the fifth and final design illustration for 'The Song of Solomon', with a quotation from Chapter 7, verse 6: 'Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness'. Maria Zambaco modelled for the figure of the girl in left profile, on the far right.
- Presented by Mrs G F Watts, 1924.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
Association |
Artist |
Organisation |
Artist |
Sir Edward Burne-Jones |
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Inscriptions
Type |
Position(s) |
Method |
Date(s) |
Notes |
QVAE. EST. ISTA. QVAE. ASCENDIT. DE. DESERTO. DELICIIS. AFFLVENS. INNIXA. SVPER. DILECTVM. SVVM./ EBJ. |
Inscription |
top centre |
Handwritten |
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Pencil. written in the artist's hand |
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Exhibitions
Catalogue No. |
Venue |
Date(s) |
Midlands Art Tour |
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Midland Area Travelling Exhibition |
1966-12-03 - 1967-08-19 |
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Burne-Jones: dal Preraffaelismo al Simbolismo |
148 |
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome |
1986-10-08 - 1986-11-26 |
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Visions of Love and Life |
101 (repro colour) |
Seattle Art Museum |
1995-03-09 - 1995-05-07 |
101 (repro colour) |
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
1995-05-27 - 1995-07-16 |
101 (repro colour) |
Delaware Art Museum |
1995-08-11 - 1995-10-15 |
101 (repro colour) |
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas |
1995-11-04 - 1996-01-02 |
101 (repro colour) |
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia |
1996-01-23 - 1996-04-10 |
101 (repro colour) |
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery |
1996-05-25 - 1996-09-29 |
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Edward Burne-Jones: Victorian Artist-Dreamer |
83 |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
1998-06-04 - 1998-09-06 |
83 |
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery |
1998-10-17 - 1999-01-17 |
83 |
Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
1999-03-01 - 1999-06-06 |
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Hidden Burne Jones |
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Bmag G16 |
2007-04-04 - 2007-07-01 |
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Leighton House, London |
2007-10 - 2008-01 |
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Literature
Author(s) |
Date(s) |
Publisher |
Pages |
Edward Burne-Jones: A Record and Review |
Malcolm Bell |
1892 |
George Bell & Sons, London |
pp. 55, 96-97 |
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City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings |
A E Whitley |
1939 |
Bemrose & Sons Ltd, Derby |
p. 98 |
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Burne-Jones |
Bill Waters, Martin Harrison |
1973 |
Barrie & Jenkins, London |
p. 118 |
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Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery |
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2007 |
Dan Giles, Ltd., London |
p. 84 |
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