Christ Blessing ChildrenBy Frederick Hollyer, Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1886 – 1887 Accession number: 1927P537.1 Platinum print. Width: 247 mm Height: 292 mm InformationThis Hollyer platinotype is after a highly finished pencil design for the south aisle window in St Martin's Church, Brampton, Cumbria. Burne-Jones's account book for November 1887 states that it is: 'A design of Christ blessing little children for Naworth [Castle, home of the Earls of Carlisle] ...£15.' This indicates that the design was commissioned by George Howard, the Earl of Carlisle, and was later installed in 1893, in memory of Bessie Howard. It has been suggested by Bill Waters that Birmingham's version is a copy of the original, which is believed to have passed from the Earl of Carlisle's estate into the hands of Sotheby's then into a private collection. In 1994, the drawing was sold at Phillips to Rachel Moss of the Moss Galleries, and then purchased in 1996 by Mrs. Roberts of Brampton, Cumbria. This cartoon also appears in the Morris & Co Windows Book, 1940P604.1, as number 492.
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