By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
The Annunciation - Study for the Virgin, Woman holding a Flower
Pencil on paper
1859 - 1861
Dimensions: 31.3 cm x 13.5 cm
Collection Categories
Drawings and studies, Works on Paper / Vellum
1859 – 1861

This may be an early drawing of Jane Morris. It is now thought to be a study for the Virgin in the Annunciation, also in Birmingham's collection. Bequeathed by James Richardson Holliday, 1927.

John Christian
07/04/2019
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
James Richardson Holliday (mispelt Holiday) 1927
Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums Trust) 1927 - Present 1927P586. Bequeathed By James Richardson Holliday, 1927.
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
Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery 2007 cat no. 2 (illus p. 18) pp. 63, 77 Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums Trust)
April 2007 July 2007
Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery 2007 - Leighton House cat no. 2 (illus p. 18) pp. 63, 77 Leighton House Museum
October 2007 January 2008
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
cat no. 2 (illus p. 18) pp. 63, 77
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, 10, 15, 30, 31, 32, 33 between pp. 486-487 and in the text pp. 71, 192, 203, 238, 256, 268, 329, 371, 425, 439, 449, 466 pp. 1-17, 20-71, 75-122, 124-150, 153-154, 156-168, 170-203, 205, 207-214, 216-232, 234-235, 237-242, 244-262, 264-272, 274-276, 278-279, 281-307, 309-317, 319-321, 323-351, 354, 357-361, 363-384, 387-392, 394-396, 398-400, 402, 404-416, 418-446, 451-472, 474, 476, 478-481, 483, 485-502, 504-518, 520, 522-523, 525-530, 534, 536