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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1815.18.2
People
Edward Burne-Jones, British (Birmingham, England 1833 - 1898 London, England)
Title
Figure of Perseus, for "The Finding of Medusa"; verso: blank
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
c. 1882
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/185881

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on heavy cream wove paper
Dimensions
27.2 x 181 cm (10 11/16 x 71 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: EB-J
  • inscription: recto, lower right, graphite: Perseus in 3rd Perseus Picture
  • inscription: recto, upper right, graphite: 5

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1815.18.2
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. 4s

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