Drawn for Bertram Brooke second son of Sir Charles Brooke, The White Raja of Sarawak, during a convalescent stay in London.
These visits by Swinburne during the Tuan Muda's illness were interspersed by those of Sir Edward Burne-Jones. He came frequently in the afternoon, after his walks or when he returned from the city, and on several occasions he drew pictures to distract my future husband. Some of these I am reproducing they will have a durable interest, for they have never seen the light publicly ... then he sketched two Japanese wrestlers, a drawing which he signed ... Another day he again gave vent to his animosity and drew two fat women who he disliked intensely - caricatures which he said were real. Lastly, he drew one morning a dream which he had experienced the preceding night of a ghost: he depicted himself in bed and at the same time described his attitude to the unwelcome vision. These sketches will throw a light on Sir Edward's personal character as he executed each drawing at my husband's bedside he would recount the story of its inspiration.