The Beguiling of Merlin (1872-77), The Wheel of Fortune (c 1882), The Rock of Doom (1885-8, one of the Perseus series), and The Depths of the Sea (1886) are among the works which were photographed by the Berlin Photographic Company at the beginning of the twentieth century. The negatives from these exceptionally high quality photographs were then exposed onto a gelatin covered copper plate, etched with acid and printed in a similar fashion to an engraving. Each folio was sold with notes in a limited edition of 200. They were all signed by Philip Burne-Jones, the artist's son. Burne-Jones's work was often appreciated more abroad, particularly on the Continent, than at home; it became widely known there both through exhibition and reproduction. King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid (1884), for example, was particularly admired when it was shown at the Paris Exhibition Universelle in 1889 and resulted in Burne-Jones being awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honour. A Portrait of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart by G F Watts, RA 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, 26 x 21 centimetres Spes 18 ½ x 17 inches, 47 x 18 centimetres Music 11 x 7 inches, 28 x 18 centimetres Dorigen of Bretagne 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches, 19 x 26 centimetres Chaucer's "Dream of Good Women" 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 21.5 x 28.0 The Backgammon Players 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, 15.5 x 24.5 centimetres The Briar Rose 9 ½ x 19 ¾ inches, 24 x 50 centimetres The Briar-Rose 9 ¼ x 20 ¼ inches, 23.5 x 51.5 centimetres The Briar-Rose 9 ½ x 17 ¾ inches, 24 x 45 centimetres The Merciful Knight 14 ¾ x 10 inches, 37.5 x 25.5 centimetres Love Disguised as Reason 16 x 8 inches, 41 x 26 centimetres Theophilus and the Angel: a Legend of the Martyrdom of St Dorothea 8 ¼ x 11 inches, 21 x 27.8 centimetres Zephyrus and Psyche 10 ¼ x 7 ½ inches, 26.3 x 19 centimetres Cupid and Psyche 11 x 13 ¼ inches, 28 x 33.5 centimetres The Heart Desires 12 x 9 inches, 30.5 x 23.5 centimetres The Hand Refrains 12 x 9 ¾ inches, 30.5 x 23.5 centimetres The Godhead Fires 12 x 9 ¼ inches, 30.5 x 23.5 centimetres The Soul Attains 11 ¾ x 9 ¼ inches, 30 x 23.5 centimetres The Days of Creation, A set of six, Each 16 ¼ x 6 inches, 41.5 x 15 centimetres Saint Cecilia 10 ¾ x 5 ½ inches, 27 x 14 centimetres The Four Seasons - The Lapse of the Year: Spring Summer Autumn Winter A set of four, each 12 x 4¾ inches, 30.5 x 12 centimetres Luna 10 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, 27.2 x 19.5 centimetres Caritas 20 x 9 ¼ inches, 51 x 23.5 centimetres The King’s Daughter 12 x 9 ¾ inches, 30.5 x 23.5 centimetres The Petition to the King 11 ¾ x 19 ¼ inches, 30 x 49 centimetres The Mill 10 x 21 inches, 25.5 x 53 centimetres Spring Temperantia 18 ½ x 7 inches, 47 x 18 centimetres Fides The Wood Nymph Mirror of Venus 12 ¼ x 20 ¼ inches, 31.2 x 51.5 centimetres The Bath of Venus 16 ¼ x 6 inches, 41.2 x 15 centimetres The Feast of Peleus 7 ½ x 21 inches, 19 x 53 centimetres Sea Nymph 11 ¾ x 11 ¾ inches, 30 x 30 centimetres Laus Veneris 13 ¾ x 20 ¼ inches, 35 x 51.5 centimetres The Tower of Brass 20 x 10 inches, 51 x 25.5 centimetres The Wheel of Fortune 20 ¼ x 9 ¾ inches, 51.5 x 24.7 centimetres Garden of Idleness 12 ½ x 17 inches, 32 x 43 centimetres The Heart of the Rose 11 ¾ x 16 ¼ inches, 29.9 x 41.4 centimetres The Angel of the Martyrs 18 ¾ x 6 ¾ inches, 47.5 x 17 centimetres The Rock of Doom 19 x 16 inches, 48 x 40.5 centimetres The Doom Fulfilled 18 ¼ x 16 ¼ inches, 47 x 42.5 centimetres The Fall of Lucifer 21 x 10 ½ inches, 54 x 26.5 centimetres The Annunciation 21 x 9 inches, 53 x 23 centimetres Portrait of Miss Margaret Burne-Jones (Mrs. Mackail) 13 ½ x 9 ¾ inches, 34.5 x 25 centimetres Miss Dorothy Drewe 10 ½ x 5 ¾ inches, 26.6 x 14.5 centimetres Portrait of Miss Gertrude Lewis 11 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, 30 x 19.5 centimetres Flamma Vestalis 21 x 8 inches, 53.5 x 20.3 centimetres The Morning of the Resurrection 9 ¾ x 17 inches, 24.5 x 43 centimetres The Dream of Sir Lancelot at the Chapel of the San Grael 13 ¼ x 16 ¼ inches, 33.5 x 41.5 centimetres Portrait of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bt by Sir Philip Burne-Jones 12 ½ x 8 ¾ inches, 31.8 x 22.3 centimetres King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid Venus Epithalamia 40.7 x 25.4 centimetres Vesper, the evening star 40.7 x 25.4 centimetres The Prioress Tale Sabra Wizard Phillip Comyns Carr Pan Love amongst the Ruins Perseus Baleful Head Depths of the Sea Le Chant d'Amour Perseus and Gaia Garden of the Hesperides Beggar of Merle St George Phyllis Golden Stairs The Hours Aurora Sybilla Cupid Dies Domini Return of the Princess St George the Slayer Mary Gaskell Garden of Pan Altar of Hymen
The Berlin Photographic Company, (1880 - 1920; fl) or the Berlin Photographische Gesellschaft, was a German print publishers who specialised in photogravures after Old Masters and contemporary painters. High quality photographs were taken of the original works. The negatives were then exposed onto a gelatin covered copper plate, etched with acid, and printed in a similar fashion to an engraving. The main series of the Berlin Photographic Company's publications is kept together at Blythe House, West Kensington. The Berlin Photographic Company was located at: 133 New Bond Street, London, W (1892-November 1912), 14 East 23rd Street, New York (1892-1902), 305 Madison Avenue, New York, (November 1912-1913), 43 New Bond Street, London (in 1887), Berlin (1895) Berlin-Charlottenburg 9