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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1815.18.12
People
Edward Burne-Jones, British (Birmingham, England 1833 - 1898 London, England)
Title
Sandals and Wings, for "Perseus and the Sea Nymphs"; verso: Drapery Study, for St. Catherine window(?)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
c. 1877
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/185849

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on heavy cream wove paper
Dimensions
27.2 x 18.1 cm (10 11/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: EB-J
  • inscription: recto, lower right, graphite: Sandals & wings / second Perseus picture
  • inscription: recto, upper right, graphite: 73

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1815.18.12
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Kurt Löcher, Der Perseus-Zyklus von Edward Burne-Jones, exh. cat., Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany, 1973), no. 3h

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