By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Study of a wing
graphite on white cartridge paper
Dimensions: 25.7 cm x 18.1 cm
Collection Categories
Drawings and studies, Works on Paper / Vellum
Inscriptions: verso; graphite; 68B

Probably for the wings of Cupid in Love Leading the Pilgrim (Love and the Pilgrim) (1896/97, Tate)

18/09/2019
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Christie's London (Christie, Manson and Woods) 1919-1919 Christie's Sale, 5th June, 1919
Charles de Sousy Ricketts 1919-1931
Charles Haslewood Shannon 1919-1937
The Fitzwilliam Museum 1937 - Present 2006.2 Bequest Charles Haslewood Shannon Of
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones GB-J Lady Georgiana Burne-Jones 1904
(Vol. II) Page No. 283, 296
Burne-Jones William Waters, Martin Harrison 1973
Page No. 165
The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
pp. 275, 478-479, 486, 492-493, 509, 527