The story of Jephthah, by Edward Burne-Jones

An image of Sketchbook. Recto: Copy of the lower left area from the story of Jephthah on the floor of the Duomo, composed of a wolf (?) coming out of a group of rocks, and at right, the hind end of a horse; below, copy of the area above the central figure. Verso: Sketch of the tops of the branches of the two trees. 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 the lower left area from the story of Jephthah on the floor of the Duomo, composed of a wolf (?) coming out of a group of rocks, and at right, the hind end of a horse; below, copy of the area above the central figure. Verso: Sketch of the tops of the branches of the two trees. 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.9
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Captured: 2011:12:14 14:08:42

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