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Chalk Drawing - The Wine of Circe - Female Nude - Study for Circe

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Basic Information

Accession Number:1904P137
Collection:Fine Art Prints and Drawings
Date:1866 - 1869

Maker Information

Artist:Sir Edward Burne-Jones - View biography for Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Notes

This is one of eleven studies in Birmingham's collection for the watercolour 'The Wine of Circe' (1863-69, Private Collection). Here Burne-Jones concentrates on the figure of Circe, bending forward to pour her potion into the wine amphora.

Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.

Further Information

Production Period:19th century
Medium:Black chalk on brown paper, laid down on second sheet of brown paper.
Material(s):Paper

Dimensions

Height:286 mm
Width:267 mm