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Colour notes: 1085A.f.11

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Awaiting location update

Titles

Colour notes
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Maker(s)

Author: Burne-Jones, Edward

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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

  • Text: Verified
  • Location: Recto, upper left
  • Method of creation: Graphite

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

  • Text: WALL ('AND' (crossed out)) SKY & WATER / FOUNDATIONS / OF JEWELLED WORK - / copy from cartoon, all length of the wall / outline of dark brown 1122 to gold - / gold brick A1 with centre of deeper gold A.15 / GOLD WALL mortar between bricks to be a tone like / 344 ('627' (crossed out)) only grayer and a little darker. / BANK OF ORNAMENT copy tone in Gabriel / STONEWORK copy tone in Gabriel all along / BATTLEMENTS copy the tone in Gabriel all along / SKY I have made the sky a little too green / keep to sky colour / breaking it with greenish tints now and then - / keep the gradations. ('Sh--' (crossed out)) and make (?) the tone / descend softly from dark top / deepest behind furthest row of angels, use a little 1155. 1686. 551. 1992. 1804. 1110 / WAVE WATER. 1975. 819. 330. 1280. 1305 / blue water where it / pours out of fountain 1686. 1062. 2406. 281. 130 / FOUNTAIN 1376. 1418. 1202. 295. 971 / ROCK 1748984. 2080. 352 / CLOUDS outline 1686. 83. 1785. 2332.
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1085A.f.11
Primary reference Number: 82348
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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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