Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1815.15.1-44: Sketchbook Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Sketchbook (Edward Burne-Jones) , 1943.1815.15.1-44,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 15, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/297573. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1815.15.1-44 People Edward Burne-Jones, British (Birmingham, England 1833 - 1898 London, England) Title Sketchbook Classification Drawings Work Type sketchbook Date 1870s-1880s Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/297573 Physical Descriptions Medium Tan cloth covers, pencil sleeve, remains of cloth ties; forty-four pages of heavy cream wove paper (the remaining pages are uncut) Dimensions 14 x 10 cm (5 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks label: front cover, graphite: 33 label: inside front cover, printed: Roberson label (see 1943.1815.17), mostly removed label: inside front cover, printed: FROM THE LIBRARY OF / EDWARD BURNE-JONES / THE GRANGE NORTH / END ROAD FULHAM inscription: inside front cover, printed and inscribed: excerpt from Sotheby's sale catalogue: SIR ED. BURNE-JONES, BT. / 96 A sketch book containing numerous studies of draperies, / figures, etc. / Black chalk / size of leaves 6 1/4 in. by 4 1/2 in. Graphite inscription on excerpt: LK 1- 1- [?] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Philip Burne-Jones, the artist's son, London; his sale, Sotheby's, London, November 10, 1926, no. 96 (£11); purchased at that sale by (?) Spencer; Miss Gray; acquired from her through Martin Birnbaum by Grenville L. Winthrop, August 1, 1928 (£126 10 s. for cat nos. 166-169); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.1815.15.1-44 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Sketchbook with tan cloth covers; pencil sleeve; remains of cloth ties. 44 pages; the last quarter of the pages are in uncut drawing block. Pages of heavy cream wove paper, measuring 134 x 94 mm. Drawings are in graphite. Generally the drawings are on both sides of the page. Almost all are signed with the artist's initials. Commentary Mostly drapery and head studies, possibly studies for "The Wheel of Fortune" (1875-83). Publication History Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1946), cat. no. 44 Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Drawing on Tradition: The Lost Legacy of Academic Figure Studies, Harvard University Art Museums Gallery Series, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1994), no. 12, under checklist no. 9, p. 11 Stephan Wolohojian, ed., A Private Passion: 19th-Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection, Harvard University, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New York, 2003), cat. no. 167, repr. (color) Debra N. Mancoff, "Unpainted Masterpieces: The Drawings of Edward Burne-Jones", Museum Studies [Objects of Desire: Victorian Art at the Art Institute of Chicago] (2005), vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 44-55, p. 92, note 25 Under Cover: Artists' Sketchbooks, website, Harvard University Art Museums, 2006, www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/sketchbooks Exhibition History Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/08/1946 - 06/01/1946 Portrait, Prospect and Poetry: British Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Bequest, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/11/1993 - 11/07/1993 Drawing on Tradition: The Lost Legacy of Academic Figure Studies, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/19/1994 - 01/29/1995 A Private Passion: 19th-Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection, Harvard University, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 10/23/2003 - 01/25/2004 Under Cover: Artists' Sketchbooks, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/2006 - 10/22/2006 Related Works 1943.1815.15.20 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study with Foot; verso: Right Foot Drawings 1943.1815.15.36 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study; verso: Drapery Study with Sword Drawings 1943.1815.15.38 Edward Burne-Jones Male Nude from Behind with Left Hand to Forehead; verso: Figure in Hooded Cloak Drawings 1943.1815.15.11 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study (continues on page 10 verso); verso: Drapery Study Drawings 1943.1815.15.10 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study; verso: Drapery Study (continues on page 11 recto) Drawings 1943.1815.15.12 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study with Hands; verso: Drapery Study Drawings 1943.1815.15.23 Edward Burne-Jones Draped Figure Seen from Behind; verso: Drapery Study with Foot Drawings 1943.1815.15.41 Edward Burne-Jones Female Figure with Draped Head; verso: blank page Drawings 1943.1815.15.22 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study with Foot; verso: Drapery Study (Knot) Drawings 1943.1815.15.25 Edward Burne-Jones Male Head; verso: Male Head Drawings 1943.1815.15.26 Edward Burne-Jones Male Head; verso: Male Head Drawings 1943.1815.15.7 Edward Burne-Jones Female Head and Torso, Draped; verso: blank page Drawings 1943.1815.15.18 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study, Lower Half; verso: Hand and Drapery Drawings 1943.1815.15.44 Edward Burne-Jones Two Birds Drawings 1943.1815.15.42 Edward Burne-Jones Child's Head; verso: blank page Drawings 1943.1815.15.5 Edward Burne-Jones Draped Figure, Lower Half; verso: blank page Drawings 1943.1815.15.2 Edward Burne-Jones Turbaned Head; verso: blank page Drawings 1943.1815.15.19 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study with Foot; verso: Drapery Study with Foot Drawings 1943.1815.15.21 Edward Burne-Jones Left Foot; verso: Drapery Study (Bodice) Drawings 1943.1815.15.13 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study; verso: Drapery Study (knee) Drawings 1943.1815.15.6 Edward Burne-Jones Draped Figure, Lower Half; verso: blank page Drawings 1943.1815.15.34 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study; verso: Drapery Study (Torso, waist, and legs) Drawings 1943.1815.15.35 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study (Torso, waist, and legs); verso: Drapery Study (Torso, waist, and legs) Drawings 1943.1815.15.37 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study with Leg and Sword; verso: Study of Drapery in a Box Drawings 1943.1815.15.39 Edward Burne-Jones Figure in Hooded Cloak; verso: Figure in Hooded Cloak with Staff Drawings 1943.1815.15.40 Edward Burne-Jones Draped Figure from Behind; verso: blank page Drawings 1943.1815.15.15 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study; verso: Drapery Study Drawings 1943.1815.15.3 Edward Burne-Jones Turbaned Head; verso: Draped Female Nude Drawings 1943.1815.15.4 Edward Burne-Jones Draped Figure, Lower Half; verso: Draped Figure, Lower Half Drawings 1943.1815.15.8 Edward Burne-Jones Draped Figure, Lower Half: verso: Drapery Study Drawings 1943.1815.15.27 Edward Burne-Jones Blank; verso: Drapery Study (Waist and legs) Drawings 1943.1815.15.33 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study (Waist and leg); verso: Drapery Study (Waist) Drawings 1943.1815.15.29 Edward Burne-Jones Inscription; verso: Drapery Study (Torso, waist, and legs) Drawings 1943.1815.15.31 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study with Leg and Sword; verso: Drapery Study (Torso, waist, and legs) Drawings 1943.1815.15.32 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study (Waist); verso: Two Drapery Studies (Waist) Drawings 1943.1815.15.24 Edward Burne-Jones Woman in Headdress; verso: Male Head in Profile Drawings 1943.1815.15.28 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study; verso: Draped Leg Drawings 1943.1815.15.30 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study; verso: Thistle Emblem Drawings 1943.1815.15.43 Edward Burne-Jones Draped Figure, Lower Half; verso: blank page Drawings 1943.1815.15.9 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study; verso: Drapery Study with Hand Drawings 1943.1815.15.17 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study; verso: blank page Drawings 1943.1815.15.14 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study; verso: Drapery Study Drawings 1943.1815.15.16 Edward Burne-Jones Drapery Study; verso: Drapery Study Drawings 1943.1815.15.1 Edward Burne-Jones Turbaned Head; verso: blank page Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. 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