By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Nude study of a reclining man with head and torso uplifted on a rock(?) for the The Council Chamber, Briar Rose Series; Nude sketch of a reclining man, head and shoulders uplifted onto rock(?) right arm behind the head, meeting the upraised left hand, clasped at neck
on paper
Collection Categories
Drawings and studies, Works on Paper / Vellum

Recto: with some modification in the positions of the head, feet and the turn of the torso, this figure is found in 'The King and His Court' from the 1870 version of 'Briar Rose', and in 'The Council Room' from the 1884 version of this subject. In both cases it is the third figure from the left. Verso: this figure is found neither in the 1870 nor 1884 version of the '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 1991B.f.5 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