The two upper sketches differ considerably from the final tiles. There would have been a certain amount of co-operation between the workshop who executed the painting of the tiles and Burne-Jones. The lack of skill in the painter was accommodated in the cartoons through a simplification of the design. Presumably the workshop made the adjustments and these intermediate drawings have not yet come to light or were destroyed. At this early stage in the development of the Firm, their inexperience in the practicalities of running a furnishing business is evident in the crudeness of the tiles when compared with the more detailed drawings by Burne-Jones. These short-comings were soon overcome as the artists involved gathered experience. Sketch held in the Whitworth Art Gallery Studies for an Embroidery illustrating Characters from the 'Morte d' Arthur' (verso) Dimensions h:178 w:154 mm Accession Lot J R Holliday (bequest, 1927) Accession number D.1927.73 The figure standing playing the harp at the base of the drawing is possibly for the figure of Sir Tristram in a projected series of embroidered figures for Red House. Only some of the hangings were executed and the scheme was not completed. The date (1863) corresponds with the drawings for the Beauty and the Beast tiles.