By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
The Blessed Damozel - Study of Drapery
Pencil on cream paper
1859 - 1860
Dimensions: 33.6 cm x 20.4 cm
Collection Categories
Drawings and studies, Works on Paper / Vellum
1859 - 1860

A study for the figure of 'The Blessed Damozel' (1860), a gouache commissioned by Burne-Jones's early supporter and patron, the Leeds stockbroker Thomas E Plint (1823-61), now in the Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Boston. In his treatment of the subject Burne-Jones was inspired by Rossetti's poem of the same title, printed in 'The Germ' in 1850.

Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.

02/04/2019
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums Trust) 1903 - Present 1904P37 Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings in Pen, Pencil, Charcoal, and Chalk, etc., Including Cartoons for Stained Glass. Compiled by A. E. Whitley. Derby and Birmingham. 1939 A E Whitley 1939
p.110
William Morris: A Life for Our Time Fiona MacCarthy 1994
p. 123
Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Professor Elisa Korb, Tessa Sidey, John Christian 2007
B15 p. 63
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
Edward Burne-Jones - part 1, Art & Artists Paul Webb 2020