Love disguised as Reason - Study for the Figure of Love
1870
Accession number: 1927P529
Pencil and black chalk on paper.
Width: 186 mm
Height: 479 mm
Information
The 1870 watercolour 'Love Disguised as Reason' represents Love, wearing the cloak and hood of Reason, arguing with two girls. This study depicts the figure of Love.The watercolour is in the collection of the South Africa National Gallery, Cape Town. '.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ist sketch for 'Love Disguised as Reason' | ||||
| Inscription | reverse | Handwritten | - | in pencil. Not in the 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. 94 |
| Edward Burne-Jones: Victorian Artist-Dreamer | |||
| John Christian, Stephen Wildman | 1998 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | pp. 135-136 |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| 2007 | Dan Giles, Ltd., London | p. 75 | |
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