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By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Fifteen studies, the majority with colour notes; Fifteen studies of battle scenes and objects associated with them (see expertise)
on paper
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Drawings and studies, Works on Paper / Vellum
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Recto: top left, head and shoulders and left arm of a man with a dagged cape. To right of this, similar sketch with both arms and torso, holding an object before waist. Upper centre and right, three studies of details of costumes. A pair of hands holding a stirrup strap, with saddle and stirrups. A pair of arms, hands gloved, raised sword in right hand, left hand on neck of horse. Head in profile to right, wearing hat with extremely long plume. A shield with a device. Winged helmet. Helmet with a spiked ball ornament. Partial study of a figure standing to left of a saddled horse. Male figure in profile to left, wearing hat with extremely long plume, holding onto stirrup strap. Full-length sketch of crowned male figure. Armoured figure on horseback with second figure slung across horse, in front of saddle. Male figure wearing a hat, in profile to right.
Verso: upper left, mounted figure with a shield and lance. Upper centre, two mounted figures with lances, in combat. Upper right, shield. Head of knight in profile to right. Sketch of upper half of armoured figure, profile to right, right arm forward. Shield. Torso, head and arms of male figure wearing a mail shirt and breastplate. Shield. Saddle with stirrup in the form of a letter 'A'. Lower left, two armoured knights fighting with swords. Mounted figure with a crown. Heads, shoulders and arms of two knights fighting. Two crowned heads in profile to right. Bottom left, profile to left of male figure wearing a helmet with crown, arm raised, hand resting against forehead.

The Fitzwilliam Museum
16/10/2021
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Sir Philip William Burne-Jones 1898-1923
The Fitzwilliam Museum 1923 - Present 1083.36 Given (1923) by Burne-Jones, Sir Philip
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
illus pl. XXVII between pp. 358-359 and pl. 2, 15, 32 between pp. 486-487 (from a private collection) and in the text p. 192 pp. 49, 134-135, 138, 161, 169, 171-172, 175-177, 191, 209, 216, 245, 250, 253, 258-260, 273, 291, 302-308, 310-312, 332-333, 376, 379-380, 393, 395-397, 399, 411, 417, 419, 428, 437, 444, 448, 463, 480-487, 489, 524, 500-502, 504-506, 509, 512, 516, 524


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