By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Paris and Helen - Study for Paris
Pencil on cream-toned paper
1860 - 1862
Dimensions: 28.3 cm x 16.5 cm
Collection Categories
Drawings and studies, Works on Paper / Vellum
1860 - 1862

This figure of Paris was a possible design for the abduction of Helen from the 'Earthly Paradise' or for the tile 'Paris and Helen' (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge). In the latter image, Paris wears a shorter garment than in this drawing.

Bequeathed by James Richardson Holliday, 1927.

Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums Trust)
04/05/2019
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
James Richardson Holliday (mispelt Holiday) 1927 Bequeathed To Birmingham City Museum And Art Gallery In 1927.
Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums Trust) 1927 - Present Accession Number: 1927P453
Exhibition Catalogue no, Page no, Illustration no. Institution/Venue People From To
Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings of the 1860 Period Tate 1923 328 Tate Britain - The Tate Gallery - Tate April 1923 July 1923
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.115
Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Professor Elisa Korb, Tessa Sidey, John Christian 2007
B547 p. 77
The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
pp. 1-3, 6-7, 9-11, 24-25, 43, 363-364, 385, 389-390, 470-472