Sketchbook
Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward
Coverboards covered with white linen. Off-white paper. Collocation: each leaf is separately taped to the binding. Tape on leaf 15 is almost totally severed. There are 39 ff. Leaves 1 (originally attached to blue inside binding tape) 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 28, 32 are missing.
History note: Sold lot number 98 (Sotheby's?) (from Sir Philip Burne-Jones Collection, after his death, 21 June 1926?); Ricketts and Shannon Collection
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
The numeration of the leaves in the Burne-Jones manuscript list is in odd order, but the numbers are not all consecutive; therefore it is difficult to know which of the missing leaves in the sketch book correspond to the missing sketches which according to the manuscript list are as follows: Head for Sea nymph in 2. P---------1. Head for Sea nymph in 2. P---------3. Perseus in first picture. P. ------------5. Useless studies for Perseus in 2. P.---7. 9. Sketch for Sea nymphs ---------------11. Same ------------13. (there is no number '15') (there is no number '25') Athene first pic. P -----------------------27. Margaret Benson ------------------------29. Sketch for Margaret Benson--------33. Various sketches from same. ------35---------45. Perseus in first picture. P-------------49. Study of a head --------------------------59. Studies of Fortitude ---------------------67, 69.
Coverboard
Depth 40 mm
Height 275 mm
Width 204 mm
Sheet Size
Height 268 mm
Width 175 mm
Inscription present: the '98' encircled and to the left is the notation: NW/-/-
Accession number: 1991A
Primary reference Number: 26811
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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