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Within drawn rectangles, a group of individual sketches of Solomon, the fleeing Absolom, and Absolom with his hair caught by the branch of a tree: 1085.f.11

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Titles

Within drawn rectangles, a group of individual sketches of Solomon, the fleeing Absolom, and Absolom with his hair caught by the branch of a tree
Top right, sketch of a winged figure bound to a column, to his right, a group of figures with bows and arrows aimed at him; lower left, sketch of a figure bound to a column, flanked by figures with bows (both sketches within drawn rectangles

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward

Entities

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Legal notes

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

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1872

Note

Recto: for St John the Evangelist, Knotty Ash, Lancs, 1872 (South side), repr. H. & W., fig. 156. Verso: perhaps for 'The Masque of Cupid'.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite
Red chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Size Height 255 mm Width 362 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Recto: graphite and red chalk verso: graphite on paper

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1085.f.11
Primary reference Number: 82322
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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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