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Sketchbook: 962

Current Location: In storage

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Sketchbook

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward

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Description

Coverboards covered with white linen. Paper is off-white. Collocation: each leaf is separately taped to the binding. There are 19ff. Leaves 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16-25, 27, 29, 30, 32-35, 38-44, 46-52, 55-56, 60, 61 are missing.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1919-04) by Executors of Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Dating

Production date: AD 1872

School or Style

British

Components of the work

Sheet Size Depth 253 mm Height 369 mm
Coverboard Depth 40 mm Height 376 mm Width 280 mm

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Roberson & Co. 99 Long Acre, London
  • Location: Inside front cover, on blue-green paper, upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed label
  • Text: presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge by the Executors of Sir Edward Burne-Jones. April 15, 1919
  • Location: Inside front cover, on blue-green paper, upper centre
  • Method of creation: Ink

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 962
Primary reference Number: 26673

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 6 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sketchbook" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/26673 Accessed: 2024-04-26 15:02:12

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