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Upper left, sketch of a figure on a high stool within a ragged doorway; upper right, 'Cumaean Sibyl', sketch of a figure at a doorway, leaves scattered at feet; bottom, sketch of the Cumaean Sibyl, crossed out: 1085.f.10

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Titles

Upper left, sketch of a figure on a high stool within a ragged doorway; upper right, 'Cumaean Sibyl', sketch of a figure at a doorway, leaves scattered at feet; bottom, sketch of the Cumaean Sibyl, crossed out
Eight individual sketches of a figure with a bull (?) and the fleeing Absolom with a slight sketch of a figure with left arm raised

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

From the artist's children, Sir Philip Burne-Jones and Mrs Mackail.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1923-04) by Burne-Jones, Sir Philip

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1872

Note

Verso: for St John the Evangelist, Knotty Ash, Lancs, 1872 (South side).

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite
Red chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Size Height 255 mm Width 362 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Recto: graphite verso: graphite and red chalk on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Delphic - who was Daphne / Laurel above the / head - / blue smode in cave / crown of thorns
  • Location: Recto, upper left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: very young
  • Location: Recto, to right of sketch of Delphic oracle
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Cumaean / very old with grains of sand / in her hand because she asked / Apollo for as many years as she / had grains / she wrote her prophesies on leaves / which she left at the caves mouth
  • Location: Recto, upper right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: very old
  • Location: Recto, upper right, to right of sketch
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1085.f.10
Primary reference Number: 82319
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 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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