By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Nude study of a reclining man, torso uplifted resting on the right arm, head and neck pulled to right for the The Briar Wood, Briar Rose Series; Nude sketch of head and torso of a man reclining on rocks
on paper
Collection Categories
Drawings and studies, Works on Paper / Vellum

Recto: study for the figure fourth from the left from 'The Briar Wood'. Verso: this pose is the reverse of that found on ff. 15 recto, 19, 20 and 21 recto and verso). This sketch is not used in the paintings of the final series.

The Fitzwilliam Museum
22/10/2021
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.14 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