Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1815.18.1-14: 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) , 1943.1815.18.1-14,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 04, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/297574. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 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, 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 Related Works 1943.1815.18.5 Edward Burne-Jones Figure of Fortune, for "The Wheel of Fortune"; verso: blank Drawings 1943.1815.18.4 Edward Burne-Jones Figure of Fortune, for "The Wheel of Fortune"; verso: blank Drawings 1943.1815.18.3 Edward Burne-Jones Study for "The Passing of Venus"; verso: Figure Study Drawings 1943.1815.18.1 Edward Burne-Jones Venus in a Chariot, Study for "The Passing of Venus"; verso: blank Drawings 1943.1815.18.9 Edward Burne-Jones Study for "The Car of Love" ["Love's Wayfaring"]; verso: blank Drawings 1943.1815.18.13 Edward Burne-Jones Angel of Suffering, for St. Catherine Window, Christ Church, Oxford; verso: blank Drawings 1943.1815.18.12 Edward Burne-Jones Sandals and Wings, for "Perseus and the Sea Nymphs"; verso: Drapery Study, for St. Catherine window(?) Drawings 1943.1815.18.8 Edward Burne-Jones Studies of Arms; verso: blank Drawings 1943.1815.18.7 Edward Burne-Jones Study for King, for "The Wheel of Fortune"; verso: blank Drawings 1943.1815.18.6 Edward Burne-Jones Leg of a Slave, for "The Wheel of Fortune"; verso: blank Drawings 1943.1815.18.14 Edward Burne-Jones Angel of Suffering, for St. Catherine Window, Christ Church, Oxford; verso: blank Drawings 1943.1815.18.11 Edward Burne-Jones Portrait of Mrs. Drummond; verso: blank Drawings 1943.1815.18.10 Edward Burne-Jones Perseus, for "Perseus and the Graiae"; verso: blank Drawings 1943.1815.18.2 Edward Burne-Jones Figure of Perseus, for "The Finding of Medusa"; verso: blank Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu