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A study for the pilgrim's head and headdress in 'Love and the Pilgrim' (1896/7 Tate Gallery): 2014.1

Object information

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Titles

A study for the pilgrim's head and headdress in 'Love and the Pilgrim' (1896/7 Tate Gallery)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Christie's Sale 5th June 1919 (?56 ("Studies for drapery in 'Love and the Pilgrim' and the Annunciation, &c. - thirteen, with three on the reverse, in five frames.")), bt. Ricketts and Shannon

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 177 mm
Width: 227 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

Circa 1896 - 1897

Note

'Love and the Pilgrim' (1896/7 Tate Gallery). In the finished picture the figure is an idealised portrait of the poet Algernon Swinburne, to whom the work was dedicated.

Materials used in production

Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of cartridge paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Graphite on white cartridge paper

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2014.1
Primary reference Number: 26377
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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