• Introduction & Guide
    • Burne-Jones Studio
  • Artworks
  • Articles & Theses
  • Exhibitions
  • Bibliography
  • Names
    • Artists and People
    • Companies and Institutions
  • About
    • William Waters
    • Trustees
    • Sponsors
    • Contact
  • Donate
By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
EB-J illustrated letter to Richard Watson Dixon with EB-J self-caricature from 1 Poplar Place, Bristol Road, Birmingham
pen and ink on 1 Poplar Place, Bristol Road headed paper
1853 circa
Collection Categories
Caricatures, Amusing and Personal drawings, Manuscript documents, Portraits and self-portraits of Burne-Jones, Works on Paper / Vellum
Inscribed: Feast of St Andrew (30 November)
  • Expertise
  • Provenance
  • Exhibitions
  • Bibliography

... 1 Poplar Place, Bristol Road, the house on the outskirts of Birmingham which the Jones family moved to in 1851.

Richard Watson Dixon (1833-1900), poet and ecclesiastical historian, but perhaps better known today for the encouragement he gave to Gerald Manley Hopkins, was an exact contemporary of Burne-Jones. They both attended King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Dixon went up to Oxfordonly a term earlier than Burne-Jones. Like most of Burne-Jones's Oxford set, Dixon was at Pembroke, and this letter was obviously written to him there. It is dated 'Feast of St. Andrew' £0 November) and addressed from 1 poplar place, Bristol Road, the house on the outskirts of Birmingham to which the Burne-Jones family moved in 1851. The date seems to be 1853. In any case the sketch is one of the earliest of innumerable self-caricatures that occur in Burne-Jones's letters, showing him before he grew a beard.

John Christian
06/03/2023
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Richard Watson Dixon 1853
Mrs Lois Hill 1975
Exhibition Catalogue no, Page no, Illustration no. Institution/Venue People From To
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) cat no. 4 p. 17 The Hayward Gallery
November 1975 January 1976
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) cat no. 4 p. 17 Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums Trust)
March 1976 April 1976
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) cat no. 4 p. 17 Southampton City Art Gallery
January 1976 February 1976
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
Burne-Jones: the paintings, graphic and decorative work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-98, Hayward Gallery, Southampton City Art Gallery, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery 1975-6 John Christian, Miss Penelope Marcus 1975
cat no. 4 p. 17
The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
Illus pl. XXII between pp. 358-359 and pls. 3, 13, 15, 30, 31, 32, 33 between pp. 486-487 and in the text pp. 71, 180, 192, 203, 238, 256, 268, 329, 371, 425, 439, 449, 466 pp. 1-17, 21-25, 29-31, 36-55, 58-64, 70, 76-81, 84-85, 87, 90-91, 94, 96-110, 112-116, 120-121, 124-132, 134-150, 153-154, 156-168, 170, 172-177, 179-203, 205, 207-214, 216-232, 234-235, 237-239, 242, 244-249, 251-252, 254-255, 257, 259-262, 264-269, 270-276, 278-279, 281-307, 309-317, 319-321, 323-347, 357-361, 363-383, 387-390, 395, 398-400, 402, 405-416, 418-429, 430-445, 451-462, 464-472, 478-481, 483, 485, 487-489, 491-498, 500-501, 504-517, 522-523, 525-530, 534, 536


©2020 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
All images may be subject to copyright
TERMS & CONDITIONS. PRIVACY POLICY. COOKIE POLICY.