Fair Rosamund - Drapery Studies of Sleeve
1862 – 1863
Accession number: 1927P562
Pencil on cream-toned paper-card.
Width: 149 mm
Height: 140 mm
Information
Based on technical detail this seems to be a study from the early 1860s, quite possibly Rosamund's sleeve for the mixed media painting of 1863, 'Fair Rosamund' (now in a Private Collection; for reproduction, see the cover of the 1971 catalogue of exhibition of 'Burne-Jones' at the Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield). Burne-Jones seems to use this study again around 1870 for the female figure on the extreme left of 'The Mill' (1870-82, Ionides Bequest, Victoria & Albert Museum), who was modelled by Maria Spartali Stillman. The drapery study is consistent with that of her right arm, facing the viewer.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBJ (Fairfax Murray's hand?) | ||||
| Monogram | middle right | Handwritten | - | Sepia |
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. 116 |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| 2007 | Dan Giles, Ltd., London | p. 70 | |
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