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An image of Sibylla Cumana by Edward Coley Burne-Jones

Edward Coley Burne-Jones

(England 1833–1898)

Title
Sibylla Cumana
Year
1873
Media category
Watercolour
Materials used
gouache, gold leaf, gold paint, silver leaf, silver paint on vellum
Dimensions

37.2 x 26.8cm sheet; 52.1 x 41.3 x 2.4cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. centre, "EBJ 1873".
Credit
Purchased 1970
Accession number
34.1971
Location
Not on display
Provenance (3)

Frank Gallery (England), 20 Nov 1969-Jul 1970, England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Frank Gallery 1970

Sotheby's London (England), 20 Nov 1969, London/England

Piccadilly Gallery (England), London/England

Bibliography (3)

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Fin de Siècle, Sydney, Jan 1994. no catalogue numbers

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Rose Peel (Australia) (Author), Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Domain, 1993, 7 (illus.). no catalogue numbers

Edward Burne-Jones (England, b.1833, d.1898) (Author), (autograph of Edward Coley Burne-Jones' work), 1873.

Exhibition history (3)

Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 07 Aug 1993–24 Oct 1993.

Fin de Siècle: posters prints drawings from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Jan 1994–13 Mar 1994.

The Poetry of Drawing: Pre-Raphaelite Designs, Studies and Watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Jun 2011–04 Sep 2011.