By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
The Wedding Procession of Sir Degrevaunt
Pencil on blue paper, squared up for transfer
1859 - 1860
Dimensions: 27 cm x 26.7 cm
Collection Categories
Drawings and studies, Works on Paper / Vellum

This study, squared for transfer, is for one of three mural paintings (wedding procession, ceremony and feast) illustrating the romance of Sir Degrevaunt, executed by Burne-Jones in the drawing-room at Red House in the summer of 1860, soon after William and Jane Morris moved in. The Morrises were depicted as Degrevaunt and his bride. The paintings, part of an incomplete series, are still in situ. The story had been published in the Camden Society's volume of Thornton Romances in 1844, and was a favourite with Morris and Burne-Jones.

Bequeathed by James Richardson Holiday, 1927.

Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums Trust)
08/02/2019
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
James Richardson Holliday (mispelt Holiday) 1927
Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums Trust) 1927 - Present 1927P452 Bequeathed by James Richardson Holliday, 1927.
Exhibition Catalogue no, Page no, Illustration no. Institution/Venue People From To
William Morris Centenary Exhibition V&A 1934 cat no. 41 Victoria and Albert Museum V&A (South Kensington Museum) February 1934 April 1934
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848-1862) Birmingham 1947 cat no. 137 p. 30 Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums Trust) June 1947 June 1947
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) Cat. no. 63 p. 35 illus, with the mural The Hayward Gallery
November 1975 January 1976
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) Cat. no. 63 p. 35 illus, with the mural Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums Trust)
March 1976 April 1976
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) Cat. no. 63 p. 35 illus, with the mural Southampton City Art Gallery
January 1976 February 1976
Burne-Jones, dal Preraffaellismo all simbolismo, Rome 1986 cat no. 85 Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
October 1986 December 1986
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
Catalogue of an Exhibition in Celebration of the Centenary of William Morris. Introduction by J. W. Mackail. Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum V&A, London, February 9-April 8. 1934 John William Mackail 1934
Cat no 41 p 15
City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings in Pen, Pencil, Charcoal, and Chalk, etc., Including Cartoons for Stained Glass. Compiled by A. E. Whitley. Derby and Birmingham. 1939 A E Whitley 1939
p. 52
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848-1862) Birmingham 1947 Trenchard Cox, Miss Mary Woodall (Mighty Mary) 1947
cat no. 137 p. 30
Burne-Jones: the paintings, graphic and decorative work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-98, Hayward Gallery, Southampton City Art Gallery, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery 1975-6 John Christian, Miss Penelope Marcus 1975
Cat. no. 63 p. 35 illus, with the mural
William Morris, 1834-1896 Catalogue edited by Linda Parry. Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum V&A, London, May 9- September 1, 1996 Dr. Linda L. A. Parry 1996
p. 103
Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Professor Elisa Korb, Tessa Sidey, John Christian 2007
B533 p. 77
The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
Illus pl. XXII between pp. 358-359 and pls. 3, 13, 15, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33 between pp. 486-487 and in the text pp. 71, 180, 192, 203, 235, 238, 256, 268, 287, 329, 371, 387, 425, 439, 449, 466, 499 pp. 1-17, 20-71, 75-122, 124-150, 153-154, 156-203, 205, 207-232, 234-242, 244-249, 251-262, 264-272, 274-279, 281-307, 309-317, 319-321, 323-352, 354-355, 357-361, 363-392, 395-396, 398-400, 402-416, 418-446, 451-472, 474, 476, 478-481, 483, 485-502, 504-518, 520, 522-523, 525-530, 534, 536
Edward Burne-Jones - part 1, Art & Artists Paul Webb 2020