Christ surrounded by circles of angels, by Edward Burne-Jones

An image of Sketchbook. Recto: Copy of Christ surrounded by circles of angels from Giovanni di Paolo's 'Last Judgement'. Verso: Above, seated lion; below sketch of geometric pavement design (?). Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Coverboards covered with white linen. Front cover has horizontal slits at the upper and lower right sides. Off-white paper. Collocation: each sheet is separately taped to the binding; there are 28ff and a single beige sheet on either side of these. Front and back leaves are blank, recto and verso. Height, sheet size, 179 mm, width, sheet size, 254, mm, 1873.

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Sketchbook. Recto: Copy of Christ surrounded by circles of angels from Giovanni di Paolo's 'Last Judgement'. Verso: Above, seated lion; below sketch of geometric pavement design (?). Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Coverboards covered with white linen. Front cover has horizontal slits at the upper and lower right sides. Off-white paper. Collocation: each sheet is separately taped to the binding; there are 28ff and a single beige sheet on either side of these. Front and back leaves are blank, recto and verso. Height, sheet size, 179 mm, width, sheet size, 254, mm, 1873.

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Accession Number: 1070(5).f.13
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Camera: Leaf Valeo 22(LF3050 )/Mamiya RB 67
Photographer name: Mark Box
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Image width: 797 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 455.21kB
Exposure time: 1/17
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:12:14 14:10:04

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19th Century angelic angels British Burne-Jones Christ Christ in Majesty Christianity drawing English Fitz_PDP heaven heavenly heavens Jesus Pre-Raphaelite recto religion religious seraphim seraphs Sir Edward Burne-Jones sketch sketchbook

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