Cupid and Psyche - Rough Sketches Cupid flying, Psyche awaiting Cupid1865 Accession number: 1927P648.23 Pencil on cream-toned paper (left hand drawing on secondary sheet, laid down). Bound. Width: 169 mm Height: 110 mm InformationFrom 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'. The landscape and the position of the arms differ from that in the final wood engraving. The figure of Psyche is also completely different from the final wood engraving.
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