Jupiter and Mars above an eagle and a dog, by Edward Burne-Jones

An image of Sketchbook. Recto: Jupiter at the left and Mars at the right above an eagle and a dog respectively. Verso: Study of David about to throw the sling with the rock in it. 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: Jupiter at the left and Mars at the right above an eagle and a dog respectively. Verso: Study of David about to throw the sling with the rock in it. 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.6
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Camera: Leaf Valeo 22(LF3050 )/Mamiya RB 67
Photographer name: Mark Box
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 764 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 431.62kB
Exposure time: 1/17
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:12:14 14:03:29

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19th Century Ares birds British Burne-Jones dogs drawing eagles English Fitz_PDP God of War gods Jove Jupiter Mars mythological mythology Pre-Raphaelite recto Sir Edward Burne-Jones sketch sketchbook Zeus

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