Cupid and Psyche - Sketch of Psyche
1865
Accession number: 1927P648.16
Pencil on paper. Bound.
Width: 70 mm
Height: 113 mm
Information
From a bound volume containing 86 studies for illustrations to 'The Story of Cupid and Psyche' made to accompany the poem in William Morris''The Earthly Paradise'. This subject does not appear to have been cut as a woodblock by Morris, although a block does appear in the 1935 'Eros and Psyche' based on the finished drawing by Burne-Jones in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The pose, close to that of the 'Cnidian Aphrodite' (Vatican Museum) was used in preference to 1927P648.17.
- 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. 82 |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| 2007 | Dan Giles, Ltd., London | p. 65 | |
Provenance
| Charles Fairfax Murray; Sold to James Richardson Holliday,1902-03. |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| William Morris | Author |
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