The Cupid and Psyche Series for 1 Palace Green
October 2009
Selected Publications
Edward Burne-Jones: The Earthly Paradise (das irdische Paradies)
Selected Authors/Editors
Katharina Wippermann
Selected Artists
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Selected Artworks
The series: The Story of Cupid and Psyche (12 works, Cupid and Psyche frieze) for 1 Palace Green
1, Palace Green, George Howard (Cupid and Psyche frieze)
Designs for Cupid and Psyche frieze; studies for the Palace Green murals
The King and other mourners, preceded by trumpeters, accompanying Psyche to the mountain, where she is to be abandoned to the monster, according to Apollo’s oracle - Palace Green Murals - Cupid and Psyche frieze
Cupid finding Psyche asleep by a fountain - Cupid discovering Psyche - Palace Green Murals - Cupid and Psyche frieze
Zephyrus bearing Psyche from the mountain to Cupids valley and the House of Gold; Psyche entering the house; Psyche asleep outside the house; Palace Green Murals - Cupid and Psyche frieze
Psyche’s sisters visit her at Cupid's house; Psyche, unrobing, listens to the voice of Love invisible; Psyches sisters bidding her farewell after their second visit - Palace Green Murals - Cupid and Psyche frieze
Psyche, holding the lamp, gazes enraptured on the face of the sleeping Cupid (Cupid discovering Psyche); Psyche kneels, with arms held out in supplication, as Cupid flies away through the doorway; Palace Green Murals - Cupid and Psyche frieze
Psyche gazes in despair at Cupid flying away into the night, Cupid and Psyche frieze; Palace Green Murals
Cupid flying away from Psyche; Cupid and Psyche; Palace Green frieze
Psyche entering the portals of Olympus with Cupid, preceded by Mercury, is welcomed by the Gods, and is offered the cup of immortality by Hebe; Palace Green Murals - Cupid and Psyche frieze
Psyche at the Shrine of Ceres; Psyche at the Shrine of Juno; Palace Green Murals - Cupid and Psyche frieze
Psyche, sent by Venus with a casket to Proserpine, passes safely through the shadowy meads, disregarding the call for help from the shadowy men trying to load an ass, and the three old women weaving, who are sent to ensnare her; Palace Green Murals - Cupid and Psyche frieze
Psyche giving the coin to the ferryman of the Styx; the dead man in the form of Psyches father rising from the water as Psyche is ferried across to Hades (Psyche Crossing the Styx); Palace Green Murals - Cupid and Psyche frieze
Psyche receiving the casket back from Proserpine; Psyche, brought back to the Upper Regions by Charon, having opened the casket in the hope that the beauty it contained might become hers, lies unconscious on the ground; Cupid, warned by the Phoenix of Psyches danger, flies to her rescue (Cupid flies to Psyche's Rescue, Cupid delivering Pysche)); Palace Green Murals - Cupid and Psyche frieze