The Forge of Cupid
June 2023
Selected Authors/Editors
Rosie Jarvie
Martin Beisly
Selected Artists
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Selected Artworks
The Forge of Cupid (Cupid's Forge) or Cupid and Delight
Going to Battle (Going into Battle, Going to the Battle)
Fair Rosamund and Queen Eleanor 1861 (Leathart)
The Wedding Procession (The Marriage Procession) of Sir Degrevaunt; The Wedding Feast of Sir Degrevaunt and Lady Mildore (The Marriage Feast of Sir Degrevaunt); The Wedding Ceremony (The Marriage Ceremony) of Sir Degrevaunt - Red House mural , the Drawing Room
The Adoration of the Kings and Shepherds (centre); The Annunciation (wings), triptych (Adoration of the Magi altarpiece) second version for St Paul's church, Brighton (The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi)
Sidonia von Bork
Clara von Bork, probably a likeness of Georgiana B-J
Merlin and Nimue. (Model: Fanny Cornforth.)
The Backgammon Players (Chess Players)
The King's Daughter listening to a strolling musician, who is King Grisly-Beard in disguise, from Grimm's Fairy Tales - (Cupid's Daughter by his Forge; Cat. no. 11 p. 20 as A Lady seated by a Fire in a Cottage, Listening to a Man singing outside)
The Parlement of Foules: Cupid at his forge, attended by his daughter, Kelmscott Chaucer