Cupid and Psyche - Three Sketches for Psyche gazing at Cupid sleeping1865 Accession number: 1927P648.31 Pencil on cream-toned paper. Bound. Width: 185 mm Height: 184 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 Paradis The composition is similar to that in the final wood engraving, except that the bed is seen directly from the side, as opposed to a three-quarter view as here. Cupid also differs from that in the final version.
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