Cupid and Psyche - Sketch for Venus setting Psyche the Task of separating the Heap of Grain and Seed1865 Accession number: 1927P648.49 Pencil on paper. Bound. Width: 79 mm Height: 104 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 final engraving differs from this design in the amount of space between the two figures and in the poses, particularly of Psyche. In the final engraving, Venus is almost entirely nude, whereas here she is fully draped.
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