The Mirror of Venus: Venus and a group of girls gaze at their reflection in a pool
Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward
History note: Ricketts and Shannon Collection
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 112 mm
Width: 166 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
An illustration for Morris' 'Earthly Paradise'. Later used for the large oil (1872) now at Lisbon. These three drawings (see also 2009.2 and 2009.3) are all stylistically similar, and therefore probably illustrate the same story. They can be dated to 1867 or perhaps later, but the story for which they are designs does not appear in the Earthly Paradise as published (1868-70). They may be connected with No. 1235, which also features Venus, but cannot be assigned to any of the published poems.
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Graphite on tracing paper
Accession number: 2009.1
Primary reference Number: 26580
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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