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Sketchbook: 1002

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sketchbook

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward

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Description

Coverboards are covered with white linen. Front cover has horizontal slits at the upper and lower right sides. Off- white paper. Collocation: each leaf is separately taped to the binding. There are 29 ff., leaves 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 24, 33, 34, 38, 39 are missing.

Legal notes

From Sir P. Burne-Jones and Mrs. Mackail, the artist's children.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1920-05-12) by Burne-Jones, Sir Philip

Note

The numeration of the leaves in Burne-Jones manuscript list is in consecutive odd order. The missing folios in the sketch book correspond to the missing odd numbers on the top of these leaves, with the exception of number 71, which should be on folio 27 recto. This leaf however has no number on it. The leaves before and after folio 27 have the numbers '69' and '73' respectively in their upper right corner. In the manuscript list Burne-Jones states that number 71 depicts the sketch of Fortitude, the unnumbered folio depicts a sketch of an entire figure with a draped garment. According to the manuscript list the missing leaves of the sketch book are as follows:

School or Style

British

Components of the work

Sheet Size Height 178 mm Width 270 mm

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: XI
  • Location: Front cover, right of centre
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 52
  • Location: Front cover, upper right
  • Method of creation: Graphite MS label
  • Text: No. 1002
  • Location: Inside front cover, on blue green paper, upper left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 1877 studies for Loves wayfaring
  • Location: Inside front cover, on blue green paper, upper right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: This book of original studies and designs / by Sir Edward Burne-Jones was / given to the Fitzwilliam Museum / Cambridge by the artists' son and daughter - Philip Burne-Jones and Margaret Mackail - / London. / May 12 1920 -
  • Location: Inside front cover, on blue green paper, below the above
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: This book contains 29 leaves including the leaf pasted down at the end / RC May 14 1920
  • Location: Inside front cover, on blue green paper, lower left
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1002
Primary reference Number: 26717
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 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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