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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1815.15.44
People
Edward Burne-Jones, British (Birmingham, England 1833 - 1898 London, England)
Title
Two Birds
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
19th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/177677

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on heavy cream wove paper, attached to sketchbook block
Dimensions
13.4 x 9.4 cm (5 1/4 x 3 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip Burne-Jones, by descent from father, Edward Burne-Jones, sold at Sotheby's, London, 1926. Sale date: November 10, 1926
Sotheby's, London, from Philip Burne-Jones, sold at auction, 1926. Sale, November 10, 1926, lot 96.
Miss Gray, sold to Grenville L. Winthrop. Sold through Martin Birnbaum.
Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, acquired from Miss Gray, 1928, gift to Fogg, 1943. Acquired through Martin Birnbaum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1815.15.44
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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