Cupid and Psyche - Cupid Flying to His Palace by Night
1865
Accession number: 1927P602
Pencil on tracing paper (for engraving).
Width: 85 mm
Height: 107 mm
Information
One 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'This study is misidentified by Whitley in his 1939 Catalogue, as being of 'Cupid flying to Olympus to beg for Immortality for Psyche'. It is actually the left portion of the composition relating to for 'Cupid Flying by Night to his Palace, as Psyche Awaits Him' (1927P601). This sketch is identified using the the completed studies located in the 'Cupid and Psyche' sketchbook also in Birmingham's collection (1927P648).
- Bequeathed by James Richardson Holliday, 1927.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Sir Edward Burne-Jones | - |
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. 79 |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| 2007 | Dan Giles, Ltd., London | p. 67 | |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| William Morris | Author |
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