IDENTIFIERS
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id:	82331
accession number:	1085.f.20

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 11 March 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Verso: upper left, design for the beheading of the Medusa, which is not used for the final painting. Upper right, design for 'Perseus and the Graiae' in which they pass round their single eye so that they may all see, which Perseus, back centre, is stealing. Centre left sketch of a winged figure. Centre sketch of Perseus on a winged horse among the Gorgons. This design is not used in the final painting. Lower left sketch of Perseus seated on a rock being approached by Athena. Design for the 'Call of Perseus'. Lower centre, design for 'The Arming of Perseus'. Lower right design for Persue armed. The figure of Perseus armed and starting on his task is omitted from the final design.
title:	drawing

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
creditline: From the artist's children, Sir Philip Burne-Jones and Mrs Mackail.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82331





TECHNIQUES
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graphite on paper - recto has several ?watercolour splashes
drawing (image-making)

CATEGORIES
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category: sketchbook
category: drawing

DATING
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creation date:	1872 - 1872
creation date earliest:	1872
creation date latest:	1872

CREATORS
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maker: Burne-Jones, Edward