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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1815.18.1-14
People
Edward Burne-Jones, British (Birmingham, England 1833 - 1898 London, England)
Title
Sketchbook
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook
Date
c. 1870-1878
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297574

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Sketchbook with tan cloth covers
Dimensions
28 x 20 cm (11 x 7 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: front cover, brown ink: V.
  • label: front cover, graphite: 49
  • label: inside front cover: FROM THE LIBRARY OF / EDWARD BURNE-JONES / THE GRANGE NORTH / END ROAD FULHAM
  • inscription: formerly inside front cover, printed and inscribed: excerpt from Sotheby's sale catalogue: SIR ED. BURNE-JONES, BT. / 97 A sketch book containing numerous studies for the artist's / pictures: Wheel of Fortune, The Passing of Venus, / Perseus, St. Catharine's Window, Oxford / Pencil / size of leaves 11 in. by 7 1/4 in. [now in file]

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 97.
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
1943.1815.18.1-14
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sketchbook with tan cloth covers, remains of cloth ties. 14 pages; the remaining pages are are in uncut drawing block. A number of pages were removed before the sketchbook was acquired by the Fogg. Pages of heavy cream wove paper, measuring 272 x 181 mm. Drawings are in graphite. All are signed with the artist's initials and many are inscribed by the artist's son Philip.
Commentary
Studies for the "Perseus" series (begun 1875), "The Passing of Venus," "The Wheel of Fortune," (1875-83), "The Car of Love," (begun 1870), and the St. Catherine Window, Christ Church, Oxford (1878). Also a portrait sketch of Mrs. Drummond.

Publication History

  • Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1946), cat. no. 47
  • Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), cat. no. 112c
  • Edward Saywell, "Guide to Drawing Terms and Techniques", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), vol. VI, no. 2, pp. 30-39, p. 36 under "Sketchbook"
  • 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. 166, repr. (color)

Exhibition History

  • Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/08/1946 - 06/01/1946
  • Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/23/1969 - 03/31/1969
  • Portrait, Prospect and Poetry: British Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Bequest, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/11/1993 - 11/07/1993
  • 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

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