By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Study of the head and headdress of a man looking upwards, study for the figure of a poet which Burne-Jones painted on the upper lid of the famous 'Graham Piano'. (1880). See notes for the Orpheus roundels for the same piano
on paper
Dimensions: 23 cm x 17.9 cm
Collection Categories
Drawings and studies, Works on Paper / Vellum

Study for the figure of a poet which Burne-Jones painted on the upper lid of the famous 'Graham Piano'. (1880). See notes for the Orpheus roundels for the same piano No. 2040.

The same figure as that in 2014.2

The Fitzwilliam Museum
17/10/2021
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Christie's London (Christie, Manson and Woods) 1919-1919 Christie's Sale 5th June 1919 (?56 ("Studies for drapery in 'Love and the Pilgrim' and the Annunciation, &c. - thirteen, with three on the reverse, in five frames.")), bt. Ricketts and Shannon
Charles de Sousy Ricketts 1919-1931
Charles Haslewood Shannon 1919-1937
The Fitzwilliam Museum 1937 - Present 2014.3 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. XXII between pp. 358-359 and pls. 3, 13, 15, 21, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33 between pp. 486-487 and in the text pp. 2, 43, 50, 71, 87, 112, 135, 192, 203, 238, 248-249, 256, 268, 329, 330, 371, 425, 439, 449, 466 pp. 1-17, 20-24, 26-66, 68-71, 75-93, 95-116, 120-122, 124-132, 134-150, 153-154, 156-168, 170, 172-177, 179-193, 198-191, 194-205, 207-214, 216-224, 229-232, 234-325, 237-240, 242, 244-252, 254-255, 257, 259-262, 264-269, 270-276, 278-279, 281-307, 309-312-317, 319-321, 323-347, 357-384, 387-389, 394-395, 398-400, 402, 405-416, 418-436, 437-445, 451-458-462, 464-472, 478-481, 483, 485, 487-489, 491-501, 504-508, 489, 509-517, 522-523, 525-530, 534, 536