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After Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, By Lucy Jane Faulkner (Lucy Jane Orrinsmith), By Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co.
Thisbe - tiles
Ceramic panel formed from two 5-inch tin-glazed tiles, overpainted in colours with the classical figure, a sword on one side and a decorative scroll on the other
1861 - 1862
Dimensions: 25.7 cm x 12.9 cm
Collection Categories
Applied Arts, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. and Morris & Co., Tiles, Ceramics, Mosaics, Plaques
Inscribed in the long scroll: IMAGO THISBES BABYLON / MARTYRIS
Expertise
Provenance
Exhibitions
Bibliography
No data available
Owner
Dates Owned
Further Info.
and
Accession
no.
circa
Morris & Co.
1934
Cited William Morris catalogue 1934
Haslam and Whiteway
1996
Richard Dennis Gallery
1996
Garboldisham Manor
1996-2019
Mr and Mrs David and Helen Milling (The Helen and David Milling Collection)
2019-2023
Bonhams Auctioneers UK
2023-2023
20th Century Decorative Arts and Ceramics 5 December 2023 lot 19 unsold
Exhibition
Catalogue no, Page no, Illustration no.
Institution/Venue
People
From
To
William Morris Centenary Exhibition V&A 1934
cat no. 180 p. 26
Victoria and Albert Museum V&A (South Kensington Museum)
February 1934
April 1934
The Pre-Raphaelites and William Morris: Artists, Designers and Craftsmen, British Council and Brains Trust Inc, Japan 11 September - 24 October 2010
p. 68, cat ref 54 (illus as from Gardboldisham Manor)
Iwaki City Art Museum
September 2010
October 2010
The Pre-Raphaelites and William Morris: Artists, Designers and Craftsmen, British Council and Brains Trust Inc, Japan 30 October - 26 December 2010
p. 68, cat ref 54 (illus as from Gardboldisham Manor)
Yokosuka Museum of Art
September 2010
October 2010
The Pre-Raphaelites and William Morris: Artists, Designers and Craftsmen, British Council and Brains Trust Inc, Japan 27 February - 27 March 2011
p. 68, cat ref 54 (illus as from Gardboldisham Manor)
Museum EKI Kyoto
February 2011
March 2011
Title
Author/Editor
Year
Page No. & Illustrations
Attachments
Catalogue of an Exhibition in Celebration of the Centenary of William Morris. Introduction by J. W. Mackail. Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum V&A, London, February 9-April 8. 1934
John William Mackail
1934
cat no. 180 p. 26
William Morris Tiles: The Tile Designs of Morris and His Fellow-Workers
Richard and Hilary Myers
1996
p. 22, pl. 35 and p. 40, pl. 8c (similar tile illustrated) and p. 21 (notes that in Burne-Jones's accounts of 1862, he lists 'Tiles 12 single figures £3' which are believed to refer to the 'The Goode Wimmen' series. The 'Wimmen' were Geoffrey Chaucer's characters, based on classical antiquity, and known for their devotion to their respective lovers)
The Pre-Raphaelites and William Morris : Artists, Designers and Craftsmen, British Council and Brains Trust Inc, Japan, 2010-2011
John Christian, Peter Cormack
2010
p. 68, cat ref 54 (illus as from Gardboldisham Manor)
The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination
Fiona MacCarthy
2011
pp. 154-155, 161, 167