Cupid and Psyche - Study of Psyche for Psyche awaiting Cupid1865 Accession number: 1927P601 Pencil on tracing paper (for engraving). Width: 79 mm Height: 105 mm InformationOne of eleven tracings in Birmingham's collection for 'The Story of Cupid and Psyche' made to accompany the poem in William Morris''The Earthly Paradise'.The half-nude figure of Psyche sits as she waits for Cupid. For complete compositional sketches of this preparatory image see the 'Cupid and Psyche' sketchbook also in Birmingham's collection.
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