Burne-Jones is known to have made copies of figures from the etchings of Marcantonio Raimondi held in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum (Bequeathed by Rev Alexander Dyce c. 1869) and in the British Museum as recorded in the sketchbook held in the Victoria and Albert Museum Acc no E5. 1955, which bears the date 1866-67 and probably added to later. Of relevance is the position of the boy David in "David cutting off the head of Goliath" after a painting by Raphael, in which David kneels on the back of the recumbent figure of Goliath about to sever his head. In particular David's right leg is close to that of Raimondi's etching.
Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798-1869). Dyce went on to be an important early benefactor of the South Kensington Museum, now the V&A. After serving as an Anglican priest, Dyce settled in London to pursue his interests in literature and the theatre, becoming a noted editor and literary historian. During his lifetime, Dyce amassed a large collection of paintings, miniatures, drawings, books and art objects, which he bequeathed to the Museum at his death. His library of over 14,000 volumes, including many rarities of English, Italian and classical literature, as well as his collection of English watercolours and theatrical portraits were an important early contribution to the development of the V&A collections.