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Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
Study for the Fiery Furnace
Black chalk and graphite pencil on brown paper.
Design area: 3 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (97 x 130 mm); sheet: 4 5/16 x 5 5/8 inches (109 x 143 mm)
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
1975.48
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Part of the abandoned series of illustrations to the Kelmscott edition of the Bible, ca. 1870-1880.
Inscribed in another hand in black ink in upper left margin, "The fiery furnace"; inscribed on verso at upper margin, "[N]ebnechadnezzar's dream".
Provenance:
John M. Crawford, Jr.
Summary:
Margin drawn on verso in black chalk for sketch of "Nebnechadnezzar's dream", never executed.
Associated names:
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 252-253.
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