By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Nude study of a reclining man head and torso slumped over rock, body situated so back, top of head, front of lower torso and legs are visible; Nude study of a reclining man, head and torso slumped over a rock, body situated so that back, top of head and front of his lower torso are visible; the right forearm and hand hang over the rock (see expertise)
on paper
Collection Categories
Drawings and studies, Works on Paper / Vellum

Recto: the general poses of this figure is found in the upper right figure group of both 'The Prince Enters the Wood' from the 1870 version of the 'Briar Rose' and the 'Briar Wood' from the 1884 version of the series. In both cases there is modification of the the legs, in the 1870 version depiction of the forearms has been eliminated. Lower right edge of paper is a small ink or paint stain (matches that on f.10 verso). Verso: with the exception of the hanging right arm and hand the pose of this figure is the same as that found on f.11 recto. Neither the 1870 nor 1884 version of the 'Prince Enters the Wood' nor the 'Briar Wood' makes use of the hanging arm in the upper-right hand figure.

The Fitzwilliam Museum
16/10/2021
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Sir Philip William Burne-Jones 1898-1926
Sotheby's London (Sotheby & Co) 1926-1926 Philip Burne-Jones auction Sotheby’s November 10, 1926 lot 100?
Charles de Sousy Ricketts 1926-1931
Charles Haslewood Shannon 1926-1937
The Fitzwilliam Museum 1937 1991B.f.11 Bequeathed (1937-03) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
Illus pl. VIII between pp. 102-103 and pl. XXVII between pp. 358-359 and pp. 2, 15, 32 between pp. 486-487and in the text p. 192 pp. 134-136, 138, 161, 169, 170-172, 175-177, 188, 191, 209, 216, 245, 250, 253, 258-260, 273, 291, 307-308, 332-333, 354, 361-362, 378, 393, 401-404, 411, 414, 417, 428, 444, 448, 485-487, 500-502, 504-506, 524