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Lot 369
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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S
  • STUDY OF A MALE NUDE HOLDING A SHEILD FOR THE FIGURE OF DAVID, EARL OF HUNTINGDON IN A STAINED GLASS WINDOW FOR DUNDEE FREE LIBRARY
  • Black and white chalk on buff paper;
    inscribed top right: Huntingdon
  • 380 by 240 mm

Provenance

Purchased from Abbot & Holder, London c.1965

Catalogue Note

This is a study for the figure of the thirteenth-century Prince David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon in one of the four windows designed by Burne-Jones in 1888 for Dundee Free Library; the other panels depict three more heroes of Scottish history Sir William Wallace, Robert Bruce and Provost Halliburton and in 1889 Burne-Jones designed two further windows for the library.