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Design for window with St. Stephen; sketches of heads: 738.23

Object information

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Titles

Design for window with St. Stephen; sketches of heads

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1912-05) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

Dating

Production date: AD 1864

Note

In the Account Book for 1861-82 on June 12th 1864, is a charge of £1.0.0 for two small designs of St. Stephen and St. Alban. Cartoons for both at Birmingham (537'04 and 538'04).

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite
Red chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Both Leaves Height 212 mm Width 282 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Graphite, with red chalk, on sheet which has been cut into two, and torn at right

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: in William Morris's Hand

  • Text: St Stephen looking this way (with arrow pointing right)
  • Location: Below left-hand window design
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: 1864
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Date

Inscription present: writtin across both leaves; * - see No. 1083 (Album of tracings of mediaeval costumes) (Miss Silver a model)

  • Text: Can Miss Silver* sit to me tomorrow as well as today? then I can (?) tell her to go to you on Thursday and Friday
  • Location: Below
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: a scale of division appears across both leaves

  • Location: Bottom
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: heavily altered Swinburne sonnet, in his hand

  • Text: Me quia fecit amor, dea formosissima clamor / Vere vigent herbae, menses pelluntur acerbae / Aestatis sum numpha, pedes mihi lucida lympha / Cruraque perlambit quae mollia molliter ambit. / Autumni sum diva, mihi revirescit oliva / Et mhi poma sinum superimplevit vinum. / Arboribus coma cessit, hyems quas frigore pressit / Quae modo ridebatm modo vix mihi vita manebit
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 738.23
Primary reference Number: 26624
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 20 May 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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