By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Recto: the general pose of this figure is used for the figure second from the left in both 'The Prince Enters the Wood' and 'The Briar Wood', however, this study is much closer to the final figure in the 1884 version than the earlier one. The modifications found in 'The Briar Wood' are a decrease in the amount of the left knee and fingers of the left hand which are visible. In the 1870 version the head and neck of the figure are thrust back to a greater degree (see expertise)
on paper
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Drawings and studies, Works on Paper / Vellum

Recto: the general pose of this figure is used for the figure second from the left in both 'The Prince Enters the Wood' and 'The Briar Wood', however, this study is much closer to the final figure in the 1884 version than the earlier one. The modifications found in 'The Briar Wood' are a decrease in the amount of the left knee and fingers of the left hand which are visible. In the 1870 version the head and neck of the figure are thrust back to a greater degree, the position of the left hand is changed as are the legs from that of the study. Verso: this study is a modification of those found on ff. 11 recto and verso and 12 recto. It is not used in the final paintings of the 1870 or 1884 versions of 'Briar Rose'.

The Fitzwilliam Museum
20/10/2021
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
Charles de Sousy Ricketts 1926-1931
Charles Haslewood Shannon 1926-1937
The Fitzwilliam Museum 1937 - Present 1991B.f.13 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