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Chalk Drawing - King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid - Male Nude - Study for Cophetua

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Basic Information

Accession Number:1904P230
Collection:Fine Art Prints and Drawings
Date:1883 - 1885

Maker Information

Artist:Sir Edward Burne-Jones - View biography for Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Notes

One of five study drawings in Birmingham's collection for the 1884 oil painting 'King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid' now in the collections of Tate. Birmingham's collection also holds the fully worked up colour cartoon for this subject.

Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.

Further Information

Production Period:19th century
School/Style:Cophetua
Medium:Black and white chalks on brown laid paper.
Material(s):Paper

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Dimensions

Height:609 mm
Width:457 mm