The present work is one of ten oil studies, watercolors, and drawings sent to Dr. Currelly in 1926 by Margaret Mackail, Burne-Jones' daughter. The head of a woman may have been a study for one of the attendant maidens in The Wedding of Psyche (1895, Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts, Brussels) Sotheby's 2013
This oil sketch is a preparatory trial for a painting. The head has been laid in by a studio assistant and the face betrays touches by the Master.