These drawings were traditionally thought to be for Burne-Jones's Days of Creation (Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass.). Burne-Jones's Days of Creation, were executed between 1875-76; six panels are now in the Fogg Museum, Harvard University. The present drawing was part of a group of material from Burne-Jones's studio which included work by his assistants. However, the quality of this drawing suggests that it is by Burne-Jones. Saleroom Notice Please note this drawing should be catalogued as Studio of Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones.
Burne-Jones's 'Days of Creation', executed between 1875-76, consists of six watercolour panels of angels symbolising the six days of creation derived from Genesis I. Included in Burne-Jones's first exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery, London in 1877, they now form part of the Grenville L. Winthrop collection at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge.