id: 150538
accession number: 1981.90
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.90
updated: 2023-09-22 11:12:33.925000
The Legend of Cupid and Psyche: Woman Weeping Beside a Brook, 1865–1868. Workshop of William Morris (British, 1834–1896), after Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833–1898). Wood engraving; to borderline: 10.5 x 8.2 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.); sheet: 13.2 x 11.8 cm (5 3/16 x 4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1981.90
title: The Legend of Cupid and Psyche: Woman Weeping Beside a Brook
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creation date: 1865–1868
creation date earliest: 1865
creation date latest: 1868
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creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture: England, 19th century
technique: wood engraving
department: Prints
collection: PR - Wood engraving
type: Print
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CREATORS
* William Morris (British, 1834–1896) - artist
* 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
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measurements: to borderline: 10.5 x 8.2 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 13.2 x 11.8 cm (5 3/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Year in Review for 1981
opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00
The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
title: Two Hundred Years of British Prints
opening date: 1984-10-09T04:00:00
Two Hundred Years of British Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 9, 1984-February 3, 1985).
title: William Morris: Designing an Earthly Paradise
opening date: 2017-10-24T04:00:00
William Morris: Designing an Earthly Paradise. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2017-January 14, 2019).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/29/2017-1/13/2019): "William Morris: Designing an Earthly Paradise"
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PROVENANCE
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In the mid-1860s, Morris and Burne-Jones embarked on an edition of The Earthly Paradise intended to include more than 200 illustrations. While this extravagant edition of Morris’s poem was eventually abandoned, 47 of Burne-Jones’s illustrations for The Legend of Cupid and Psychewere produced as wood engravings, many of them cut by Morris himself. Psyche, Seeking Death, about to Leap into the Stream, printed on thin tracing paper, displays a surprising delicacy while simultaneously emulating the thick, bold lines of a medieval woodcut.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Hepburn, Victoria. "The Kelmscott Press." IN William Morris: Designing an Earthly Paradise. Cory Korkow and Victoria Hepburn, 24-39. Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017
page number: Reproduced: p. 26, fig. 20; mentioned: p. 27.
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1981.90/1981.90_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1981.90/1981.90_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1981.90/1981.90_full.tif