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Preliminary study for the Prioresse's Tale: an interior with a bench, a doorway leading outside and a small staircase leading to a doorway on right Kelmscott Chaucer
Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward
Holes along edge of leaf suggestive of having been removed from a threaded binding.
Method of acquisition: Given (1922) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
?For Kelmscott Chaucer, p. 58. Not in final design.
Support
composed of
laid paper
Height 157 mm
Width 206 mm
Sketch
Height 121 mm
Width 160 mm
Drawing (image-making) : Graphite within drawn graphite rectangle on laid paper
Accession number: 1079/19
Primary reference Number: 83009
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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