The Flower Book - Fire Tree
1905
Accession number: 1953P5.37
Colour facsimile. Collotype print.
Information
A page from the facsimile edition of Burne-Jones' Flower Book, one of 38 watercolour designs reproduced by Henri Piazza et Cie, for the Fine Art Society, London in 1905. Uerscheln incorrectly identifies the plant as pyracanth, but there is an tree called 'burning bush' or 'fire tree', which is arrow wood or wahoo [sic] bark (Euonymus atropurpureus). Burne-Jones recreates a similar composition of Moses and the burning bush in a stained glass window at St. Brycedale's Church, Kirkcaldy, Fife (north side, east-most window, 1892).
- Purchased, 1953
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Sir Edward Burne-Jones | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moses at the burning bush. | ||||
| Label | - | Printed | - | description of the scene, written by the artist. printed by the artist, herein a facsimile |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Flower Book. | |||
| Edward Burne-Jones | 1994 | Taschen | Pl. XXXVII |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| 2007 | Dan Giles, Ltd., London | p. 73 | |
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graphicCreated by Nadezhda Pavlova
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