Study of a sleeping knight: The Briar Rose, by Burne-Jones

An image of Study of a sleeping knight: The Briar Rose. Rough sketch of costume? Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite on laid paper (folded), height, folded size, 183 mm, width, folded size, 114 mm. Notes: Possibly a study for a needlework made for Frances Graham c.1880 (V&A Museum).

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Study of a sleeping knight: The Briar Rose. Rough sketch of costume? Burne-Jones, Edward (British, 1833-1898). Graphite on laid paper (folded), height, folded size, 183 mm, width, folded size, 114 mm. Notes: Possibly a study for a needlework made for Frances Graham c.1880 (V&A Museum).

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Accession Number: PD.58-1998.f.42
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 582 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 400.89kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2013:06:24 15:44:14

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19th Century album armour asleep Briar rose British Burne-Jones costume drawing Edward Burne-Jones Fitz_PDP knight male Pre-Raphaelite roses Sir Edward Burne-Jones sketch sleeping slumber suit of armour

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