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Chalk Drawing - St Theophilus and the Angel - Study of a Mourner
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Basic Information | Accession Number: | 1904P171 |
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Collection: | Fine Art Prints and Drawings |
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Date: | 1863 - 1867 |
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Maker Information | Artist: | Sir Edward Burne-Jones - View biography for Sir Edward Burne-Jones |
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Notes | One of a number of studies in Birmingham's collection for the mourners who carry St Dorothea in the watercolour entitled 'Theophilus and the Angel'. Two versions of the painting were made, one was destroyed in the second world war (1863), the other (c.1866) was sold at Sotheby's in 2008.
The bowed head of this figure study shifts attention to the emotion of the scene and away from the drapery worn by the mourner.
| Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903. |
Further Information | Production Period: | 19th century |
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Medium: | Red brown chalk on cream paper. |
Dimensions | Height: | 313 mm |
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Width: | 119 mm |
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