Letter to the Editor Burne-Jones's King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid
June 1973
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Selected Publications
Apollo June 1973
Selected Authors/Editors
David Duncan Robinson
Selected Artists
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Selected Artworks
King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid (Tate, the model for the beggar maid was Frances Graham and the model for the singer is probably Jessie Keene (b.1872), or possibly her older sister Laura (b.1867/8), who also modelled for painter James McNeill Whistler in the 1880s.)
Upper left and right of centre, two sketches within drawn rectangles, for 'The Garden of Pan'; upper right, study of the twin pipe flut of Pan, placed at his lips; lower left, figure seated in the foreground holding a mirror (?) behind is a standing figure, within drawn rectangle; lower right of centre, sketch for 'The Annunciation' within drawn rectangle; lower right, sketch for 'Love in Ruins' within a drawn rectangle; Nine sketches for the painting 'King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid'
Sketches for David, Christ and Saul for the west window, centre three figures in the top tier in St Paul's Cathedral Calcutta (Kolkata), compositional sketches for 'King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid'; upper right, above, sketch of musicians ; sketches of architectural details and decoration for King Copehtua and the Beggar Maid