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Chalk Drawing - King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid - Study of Boy's Head
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Basic Information | Accession Number: | 1904P221 |
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Collection: | Fine Art Prints and Drawings |
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Date: | 1883 - 1884 |
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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 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.
This drawing depicts one of the two singing boys behind the throne on which the Beggar Maid sits.
| Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903. |
Further Information | Production Period: | 19th century |
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Medium: | Black chalk touched with white on brown paper. |
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Material(s): | Paper |
Associated People | | Dimensions | Height: | 433 mm |
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Width: | 454 mm |
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