1926.35: The Delphic Sibyl (Sibylla Delphica), Design for Stained Glass Window, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge University

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1926.35

People

Edward Burne-Jones, British (Birmingham, England 1833 - 1898 London, England)

Title

The Delphic Sibyl (Sibylla Delphica), Design for Stained Glass Window, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge University

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1873

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298895

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black, red, and white chalk, watercolor, graphite, and touches of white gouache on cream wove paper

Dimensions

124.4 x 50.8 cm (49 x 20 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower left, brown ink: EBJ / to / CEN / 1873
• inscription: bottom, graphite: front edge of parapet[?]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Estate of Miss Grace Norton

Accession Year

1926

Object Number

1926.35

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1946), no. 22
• "Annotated Checklist of Edward Burne-Jones's Designs for Morris & Company in order of entry in his Account Books", The Journal of Stained Glass (2011), vol. 35, pp. 184-239, p. 207, no. 199

Exhibition History

• Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/08/1946 - 06/01/1946
• 32Q: 2130 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/01/2017 - 03/07/2018

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