Venus, naked, holding a torch, with two lovers Four designs for Morris' 'Earthly Paradise'
Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward
Height: 125 mm
Width: 85 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927-08) by Holliday, J. R.
Like No. 2009, these drawings cannot be precisely identified with any of the published Earthly Paradise poems. They may be designs for an early version of 'The Ring given to Venus', a poem for which Burne-Jones made his only engravings, on copper plate, but these were rejected.
Support composed of tracing paper
Drawing (image-making) : Graphite on tracing paper
Accession number: 1235.2
Primary reference Number: 26609
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Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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