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Psyche sent by Venus to the Black Mountain to fill an ewer at the fountain guarded by dragons and is aided by Jove's eagle Cupid and Psyche in Morris's 'The Earthly Paradise'
Printmaker:
Morris, William
Draughtsman:
Burne-Jones, Edward
(After)
Image is of whole sheet, printed with P.12182-R(a).
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927) by Holliday, J. R.
19th Century
Circa
1866
-
Circa
1888
The thirty-eighth block in the series (numbers corresponding to a list copied from one written by William Morris). Printed with the forty-sixth block on a single sheet: see P.12182-R(a) for the other block. The blocks were cut c.1868-8, but these proofs were probably printed in the 1880s. Sheet has two "Primrose" watermarks.
Accession number: P.12182-R(b)
Primary reference Number: 176190
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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