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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones

Artist, British, 1833 - 1898

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Julius Held, New York, by 1962; acquired 1983 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1962

  • The nineteenth century: one hundred twenty-five master drawings: a loan exhibition organized for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York by the University Gallery, University of Minnesota, New York and Minneapolis, 1962, no. 11.

1970

  • Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 8.

1974

  • Strictly Academic: Life Drawing in the Nineteenth Century, University Art Gallery, Binghamton, NY, Finch College Museum of Art, New York, NY, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, 1974, no. 39.

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: 127; lower center verso: (crossed out numbers) / BC 20 1/2 x 16

Wikidata ID

Q64631822

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