St George Series - Drapery Study of Kneeling Figure for 'The Petition to the King'
1865 – 1866
Accession number: 1927P491
Pencil on cream-toned paper.
Width: 103 mm
Height: 180 mm
Information
A study for the second painting in the series of seven canvases illustrating 'The Story of St George' for the dining room of the artist Myles Birket Foster, at Witley, Surrey.In both the completed 1865 drawing in the collection of the British Museum and the oil painting this figure kneels behind the basket filled with blankets and bones. On the reverse is an unidentified sketch in pencil which may be of the blanket filled with bones. The 1866 oil painting is now in the collection of Hanover College, Indiana.
- Bequeathed by James Richardson Holliday, 1927.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Sir Edward Burne-Jones | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Story of S George/ The bones brought to King/ E.B.J. (top right and middle left) | ||||
| - | - | Handwritten | - | Sepia ink. not in artist's hand |
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. 68 |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| 2007 | Dan Giles, Ltd., London | p. 90 | |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Myles Birket Foster | Commissioned by |
Associated places
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| The Hill, Witley, Surrey | Made for |
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