DrawingsBritish19th century

Perseus and Andromeda; verso: Organ-pipe cluster(?) and console

1875

Artists

Edward Burne-JonesArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor, white gouache, shell gold, and colored chalks on off-white card; verso: graphite

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 34.3 x 32.3 cm (13 1/2 x 12 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles Fairfax Murray, London; Francis Bullard, Boston, his bequest to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1913; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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