Sketchbook
Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward
Coverboards are covered with white linen. Front cover has horizontal slits at the upper and lower right sides. Off- white paper. Collocation: each leaf is separately taped to the binding. There are 29 ff., leaves 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 24, 33, 34, 38, 39 are missing.
From Sir P. Burne-Jones and Mrs. Mackail, the artist's children.
Method of acquisition: Given (1920-05-12) by Burne-Jones, Sir Philip
The numeration of the leaves in Burne-Jones manuscript list is in consecutive odd order. The missing folios in the sketch book correspond to the missing odd numbers on the top of these leaves, with the exception of number 71, which should be on folio 27 recto. This leaf however has no number on it. The leaves before and after folio 27 have the numbers '69' and '73' respectively in their upper right corner. In the manuscript list Burne-Jones states that number 71 depicts the sketch of Fortitude, the unnumbered folio depicts a sketch of an entire figure with a draped garment. According to the manuscript list the missing leaves of the sketch book are as follows:
Sheet Size Height 178 mm Width 270 mm
Accession number: 1002
Primary reference Number: 26717
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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