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Top, sketch of a woman(1); lower right, sketch of a woman seated at a table(2): 1084.12a

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Top, sketch of a woman(1); lower right, sketch of a woman seated at a table(2)
Sketch of a sailing ship(1); below, a sketch of a ribboned flag on a pole(2)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward

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Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 172 mm
Width: 127 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1923-04) by Burne-Jones, Philip

Note

Recto (1): from Bonifazio's 'Rich Man's feast', in the Accademia, Venice, (Berenson: Italian Painters of the Renaissance', Phaidon, pl. 90). Verso (1): this is the background vessel, and the flag (2) is a copy of that found at the left of Carpaccio's painting 'The Return of the Ambassadors to the King of England', from the cycle of the Scuola di Sant' Orsala. (Lautts pl. 36).

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( laid down)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Recto: graphite underdrawing, watercolour and bodycolour verso: graphite on paper

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1084.12a
Primary reference Number: 26935

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 5 November 2025

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

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