The relief of Bethulia by Judith, by Edward Burne-Jones

An image of Sketchbook. Recto: Copy of a detail from the 'Relief of Bethulia by Judith'; lower half of page, study of two babies in far left foreground from the 'Massacre of the Innocents' in the Duomo, Sienna. The figures found in the upper centre of the original are those of Judith and her maid who carries the head of Holofernes in the basket on her head. Verso: Sketch of a nude male reclining on a rectangular slab, in a pose similar to that of a pedamental figure of a river god (?). Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Coverboards covered with white linen. Front cover has horizontal slits at the upper and lower right sides. Off-white paper. Collocation: each sheet is separately taped to the binding; there are 28ff and a single beige sheet on either side of these. Front and back leaves are blank, recto and verso. Height, sheet size, 179 mm, width, sheet size, 254, mm, 1873.

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Sketchbook. Recto: Copy of a detail from the 'Relief of Bethulia by Judith'; lower half of page, study of two babies in far left foreground from the 'Massacre of the Innocents' in the Duomo, Sienna. The figures found in the upper centre of the original are those of Judith and her maid who carries the head of Holofernes in the basket on her head. Verso: Sketch of a nude male reclining on a rectangular slab, in a pose similar to that of a pedamental figure of a river god (?). Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Coverboards covered with white linen. Front cover has horizontal slits at the upper and lower right sides. Off-white paper. Collocation: each sheet is separately taped to the binding; there are 28ff and a single beige sheet on either side of these. Front and back leaves are blank, recto and verso. Height, sheet size, 179 mm, width, sheet size, 254, mm, 1873.

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Accession Number: 1070(5).f.7
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Captured: 2011:12:14 14:04:26

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