Kelmscott Press--Burne-Jones, Edward--Catterson-Smith, Robert ILLUSTRATIVE MATERIAL RELATING TO THE WOOD BEYOND THE WORLD AND SYR PERCEVYVELLE OF GALES, COMPRISING: frontispiece for The Wood Beyond the World in three states: 1) photograph of Burne-Jones drawing with added pencil, the mount with details of hands and a foot in pencil, the reverse including ink and gouache sketch showing the grass as present in the published version; 2) photograph of a later state of drawing with added pencil background; 3) photograph of a later state with added pencil and gouache, BACKGROUND IN THE HAND OF BURNE-JONES; [together with:] 4) frontispiece for Syr Percevyvelle of Gales comprising photograph with extensive added ink and gouache, the mount with DETAIL OF FACES IN PENCIL IN THE HAND OF BURNE-JONES, ALSO INITIALLED BY BURNE-JONES presumably to indicate the artwork has been passed for engraving; each sheet approx. 150 by 95mm. laid down to card, some extensive browning and spotting Sotheby's 2015
Photograph of the completed design for the frontispiece to The wood beyond the world, the background in pencil and gouache in the hand of Edward Burne-Jones.