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Book excerpt: through a window a lady and gentleman in mediaeval dress play chess, overlooked by a male figure holding the leash of a white dog: 1083.26

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Titles

Book excerpt: through a window a lady and gentleman in mediaeval dress play chess, overlooked by a male figure holding the leash of a white dog
Printed text and a graphite sketch of a grotesque female head in profile to left and traces of graphite sketch, upper left

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fry, T
Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward

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Acquisition and important dates

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

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper Height 137 mm Width 141 mm
Recto
Verso

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: T. Fry sculpsit
  • Location: Recto, below print
  • Method of creation: Black printer's ink
  • Text: ... folio volumes, not so large, with inferior illuminations. / VITA CHRISTI. This large folio MS. is worth notic- / ing for its singularity. The text and the surrounding borders are all complete: but not a single subject is / introduced, although void spaces are left for them. / One may hence be induced to suppose, that the / Scribe and the Rubricator first finished their labours, / before the illuminator commenced his task. This, / however, is a mere conjecture. / LES ECHECS AMOUREUX. Folio. No. 6808. The / title does not savour of any moral application to be / derived from the perusal of the work. Nevertheless, / there are portions of it which were evidently written / with this view - and, as I have no particular article / for MISCELLANEOUS subjects, you must e'en receive / this in its present place. Indeed it is so lovely, and I / had almost said so matchless, a volume, that you ought / to rejoice to have an account of it in any shape. On / the score of delicate, fresh, carefully-executed art, / this folio may challenge comparison with any simi- / lar treasure in the Bibliothèque du Roi. The sub- / jects are not crowded, nor minute; nor of a very / wonderful and intricate nature; but they are quietly / composed, softly executed, and are, at this present mo- / ment, in a state of preservation perfectly beautiful and / 2
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Black printer's ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1083.26
Primary reference Number: 82567
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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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