The Flower Book - Traveller's Joy
1905
Accession number: 1953P5.4
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. 'Traveller's joy' is the common name for native wild clematis (Clematis vitalba). Also known as 'Virgin's Bower', or 'Old Man's Beard', and in the Victorian language of flowers was known for 'safety' and 'mental beauty'. Burne-Jones painted a similar composition, on a large scale, in 1888, 'Angels with King and Shepherd' (Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh), a companion to an 1888 nativity scene (Carnegie).
- Purchased, 1953
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Sir Edward Burne-Jones | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Three Kings first see from afar the Virgin and Child. | ||||
| Label | - | Printed | - | description of the scene, written by the artist. printed by the artist, herein a facsimile |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burne-Jones: The Paintings, Graphic & Decorative Work | |||
| Penelope Marcus | 1975 | Arts Council of Great Britain | p. 89; Cat. no. 320 (no repro) |
| The Flower Book | |||
| Edward Burne-Jones | 1994 | Taschen | Pl. IV |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| 2007 | Dan Giles, Ltd., London | p. 72 | |
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