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Folly
Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward
History note: Morris and Co., from whom purchased by J.R. Holliday, July 1901, (£18)
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927-08) by Holliday, J. R.
On of the personifications of Vice designed for stained glass at Jesus College, Cambridge. Accompanied by the appropriate Virtues at the West end of the nave. Several of the cartoons are listed in the account books, dated August 1875, the year in which Burne-Jones was also working on designs for the Vices painted and carved upon the walls of Mirth's garden in the 'Romaunt of the Rose'. They show clearly the 'use of those elaborately folded and wrinkled draperies which are so characteristic of much of his later work' (Bell). These appear first in the drawing of 'Temperance', 1872-3, but were developed more fully after Burne-Jones' visit to Italy in 1873, when among other exercises, he drew after the black and white designs by artists such as Francesco di Giorgio on the Cathedral floor in Siena.
Support
composed of
paper
( laid down)
Image Size
Height 508 mm
Width 419 mm
Stretched Size
Height 671 mm
Width 564 mm
Drawing (image-making) : Graphite on paper, laid down onto linen, stretched
Accession number: 1231a
Primary reference Number: 26617
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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