SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES, BT., A.R.A., R.W.S. | Study for The Garland

Possibly Charles Fairfax Murray;
Swetzoff Gallery, Boston;
Sotheby's, New York, 12-14 June 1980, lot 6a, where purchased by the present owner

This drawing has not been laid down. there is a horizontal crease to the paper lower left (probably intrinsic to the paper and drawn over by the artist). The paper is slightly curled and stained at the edges which could be concealed by remounting. The sheet is slightly discoloured and there are a few spots of staining. FRAME The drawing is contained in a simple wooden and gilt frame with a clean mount and under glass.
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This drawing was made for one the series of six stained-glass panels designed in 1866 as part of a decorative scheme by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company installed in the Green Dining Room at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (now one of the refreshment rooms). With no narrative content, the windows each depict a solitary woman tending flowers and dressed in white gowns decorated with golden designs. The cartoons for the windows were later worked-up into independent watercolours titled The Garland, originally framed together but now dispersed (one in the collection of the Cecil French Bequest, another sold Christie’s, 11 July 2017, lot 7 and another 4 September 2014, lot 45).