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Pencil Drawing - Cupid and Psyche - Sketch for The reading of Apollo's Oracle to Psyche and her Father

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Basic Information
Accession Number:	1927P648.4
Collection:	Fine Art Prints and Drawings
Date:	1865 - 1865

Maker Information
Artist:	Sir Edward Burne-Jones - View biography for Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Notes
From a bound volume containing 86 studies for illustrations to 'The Story of Cupid and Psyche' made to accompany the poem in William Morris' 'The Earthly Paradise'. This is an early rough sketch for the design; both the figures and the background differ considerably from the final wood engraving.
Bequeathed by James Richardson Holliday, 1927.

Further Information
Production Period:	19th century
School/Style:	Cupid and Psyche
Medium:	Pencil on paper. Bound.
Material(s):	Paper
Associated People
William Morris
Dimensions
Height:	109 mm
Width:	159 mm

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