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Design for a bronze relief panel: The Nativity
Burne-Jones, Edward
(Draughtsman)
Height: 425 mm
Width: 552 mm
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Method of acquisition: Given
(1908)
by
Murray, Charles Fairfax
Production date: AD 1879
One of a pair of designs for the tomb of the 8th Earl of Carlisle, at Laverscost Priory, Castle Howard. They were executed in bronze by Sir J. Edgar Boehm R.A., who also collaborated with Burne-Jones on other designs. The same composition was later used in 1888 for a large Nativity at St. Michael's Church, Torquay.
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Thick bodycolour on paper
Accession number: 667a
Primary reference Number: 25953
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: M.8-1928
Accession Number: E.GA.550.1947
Accession Number: EC.10-1941
Accession Number: 1977
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