Fitzwilliam work list 1872 studied much for 2 subjects from "The Ring Given to Venus" Laurence is portrayed about to place a ring on the finger of a sculpture of Venus which had subsequent disastrous consequences. Burne-Jones created a painting of the subject from the design c. 1872 according to de Lisle, but this drawing dates from c. 1875 suggesting that the artist was intending a more substantial version.