DrawingsBritish19th century

Head of a Young Woman (Study for "The Hesperides"?)

October 1870

Artists

Edward Burne-JonesArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.7 x 22.1 cm (10 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)

Provenance

[Scott & Fowles, New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York and Lenox, 1921, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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