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Colour notes: 1085A.f.6

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Colour notes
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Maker(s)

Author: Burne-Jones, Edward

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Given by the Artist's son and daughter Sir Philip Burne-Jones and Mrs Margaret Mackail.

Acquisition and important dates

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

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Sheet Size Height 203 mm Width 322 mm

Techniques used in production

Handwriting : Graphite on laid paper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: list of numbers used as codes for colours for the tesserae for the mosaics at St Paul's, Rome

  • Text: wants by - ('silver 89 dark / gold }10' (crossed out)) / wings outer line brown ('352' (added with caret above line)) to all the gold / then ('shad' (crossed out)) light - at the rim of / feathers silver - between shade / with the 3 golds A15 / A10 / A1 / Nimbus good shiny outline of red in first ('front' (crossed out)) 3 rows silver nimbus with dots of gold A15 ('321 (red)' (above the line)) / then the furthest innermost angels same / only with gold nimbus and silver dots
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1085A.f.6
Primary reference Number: 82343
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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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