The Flower Book - Day and Night1905 Accession number: 1953P5.38 Colour facsimile. Collotype print. InformationA 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 is correct that 'Day and Night' refers to the daisy, but fails to specify that it is the 'ox eye daisy' or 'moon daisy' that refered to. he moon daisy (Leucanthemum vulgarae) is also called 'Moon Day's Eye', 'Marguerite',or 'Maudlinwort'. Burne-Jones's 'Night' and 'Day' from his 'Lapse of the Year' series (both in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1870), are in similar garb (or lack thereof) to this 'Flower Book' roundel, with the female 'Night''s eyes closed, and 'Day''s eyes wide open. Burne-Jones creates a similar image of 'Night & Day' in his 'Secret Book of Designs' (British Museum, 1885, reproduced in Harrison/ Waters fig. 227), originally intended as a design for a fan.
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