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Venus entering a room in which girls are using a weaving loom: 2009.3

Object information

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Titles

Venus entering a room in which girls are using a weaving loom

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward

Entities

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Notes

History note: Ricketts and Shannon Collection

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 112 mm
Width: 166 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Note

An illustration for Morris' 'Earthly Paradise'. These three drawings (see also 2009.1 and 2009.2) 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.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Graphite on tracing paper

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2009.3
Primary reference Number: 26582
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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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