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Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
Emelye in the Temple of Diana (The Knyghtes Tale)
Graphite pencil on paper.
Design area: 4 11/16 x 6 1/4 inches (119 x 158 mm); full sheet: 9 7/8 x 6 15/16 inches (252 x 176 mm)
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
1975.50:2
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Watermark: none.
One of eleven preparatory drawings for illustrations to the Kelmscott edition of Chaucer published at Hammersmith in 1896.
Inscription:
Inscribed in pencil at bottom right by Sir Sydney C. Cockerell, "The Knyghtes Tale - 'Emelye or Diana' / Design abandoned for that on p. 23".
Provenance:
Sir Philip Burne-Jones, the son of the artist; Sir Sydney C. Cockerell; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 December 1956, lot 45; John M. Crawford, Jr.
Associated names:
Burne-Jones, Philip, 1861-1926, former owner.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, former owner.
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Knight's tale.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 250.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 95B, pl. ciii.
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