id: 106999 accession number: 1925.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.1 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:00.902000 Study of a Female Figure, 1885. Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833–1898). Graphite; sheet: 21.9 x 12.5 cm (8 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King 1925.1 title: Study of a Female Figure title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1885 creation date earliest: 1885 creation date latest: 1885 current location: creditline: Gift of Ralph King copyright: --- culture: England, 19th century technique: graphite department: Drawings collection: DR - British type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833–1898) - artist Edward Burne-Jones and Morris met as undergraduates at Oxford University, where both studied theology, planning to enter the church. Instead, a mutual love of poetry and medieval art led these lifelong friends toward careers in art, design, and literature. A successful painter, Burne-Jones also contributed to Morris & Co. as a designer of stained glass and tapestry, as well as to the Kelmscott Press as an illustrator of books --- measurements: Sheet: 21.9 x 12.5 cm (8 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: On verso, unfinished sketch of head, shoulders and arms translation: remark: inscription: In graphite, recto, lower right: "E.B.J. 1885" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Drawings from the Museum Collection opening date: 1937-02-10T05:00:00 Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 28, 1937). title: Drawings from the Museum Collection opening date: 1940-07-11T04:00:00 Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-October 3, 1940). title: Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1982-11-16T05:00:00 Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1982-January 9, 1983). title: The Lessons of the Academy opening date: 1983-02-08T05:00:00 The Lessons of the Academy. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-May 29, 1983). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Ralph King [1855-1926], Cleveland Heights, OH date: ?-1925 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: January 15, 1925- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS T. S. “A Drawing by Burne-Jones.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 12, no. 3 (1925) page number: p. 47–46 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25093721 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1/1925.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1/1925.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1/1925.1_full.tif