4th Dec, 2012 10:00

Fine Art

 
  Lot 78
 

Sold for £3,000


Lot details
Studio of Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt, ARA, RWS (1833-1898) ''ST. ANN TEACHING THE VIRGIN TO READ'' sienna gouache, Chinese white and pencil 52 x 42cms; 20 1/2 x 16 1/2in. This cartoon for Morris & Co., designed in 1873 by Burne-Jones, is the design for the stained glass window at the North End of the Chancel of the Church of St. James, Brighouse, Yorkshire, installed in 1874. Reference to the design is made in the Artist's account book which is held by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and is referred to by A. Charles Sewter in ''The Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle'' (Yale University Press, 1974), plate 469. Within the studio, Burne-Jones created the original pencil designs which were then copied in an enlarged form under his supervision by an assistant, in this case probably Charles Fairfax Murray or possibly Thomas M. Rooke. Often, Burne-Jones would work over the assistants design in Chinese white until it reached its final form; passing after that to Morris & Co's. workshop for final production. PROVENANCE The collection of George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle (a close friend of the Artist). Laurence Toynbee, George Howard's grandson Norham House Gallery, Cockermouth, 1973. See illustration
 

Auction: Fine Art, 4th Dec, 2012

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