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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1926.35
People
Edward Burne-Jones, British (Birmingham, England 1833 - 1898 London, England)
Title
The Delphic Sibyl (Sibylla Delphica), Design for Stained Glass Window, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge University
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1873
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298895

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black, red, and white chalk, watercolor, graphite, and touches of white gouache on cream wove paper
Dimensions
124.4 x 50.8 cm (49 x 20 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, brown ink: EBJ / to / CEN / 1873
  • inscription: bottom, graphite: front edge of parapet[?]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Estate of Miss Grace Norton
Accession Year
1926
Object Number
1926.35
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1946), no. 22
  • "Annotated Checklist of Edward Burne-Jones's Designs for Morris & Company in order of entry in his Account Books", The Journal of Stained Glass (2011), vol. 35, pp. 184-239, p. 207, no. 199

Exhibition History

  • Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/08/1946 - 06/01/1946
  • 32Q: 2130 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/01/2017 - 03/07/2018

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