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Pencil Drawing - Cupid and Psyche - Sketch for Venus setting Psyche the Task of separating the Heap of Grain and Seed

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Basic Information
Accession Number:	1927P648.49
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'. The final engraving differs from this design in the amount of space between the two figures and in the poses, particularly of Psyche. In the final engraving, Venus is almost entirely nude, whereas here she is fully draped.
Bequeathed by James Richardson Holliday, 1927.

Further Information
Production Period:	19th century
School/Style:	Cupid and Psyche Venus
Medium:	Pencil on paper. Bound.
Material(s):	Paper
Associated People
William Morris
Dimensions
Height:	104 mm
Width:	79 mm

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