Parliament of Fowls: perched upon branches of trees, birds sing with angelic voices

Burne-Jones, Edward (draughtsman)

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Title/s

Parliament of Fowls: perched upon branches of trees, birds sing with angelic voices

Maker/s

Burne-Jones, Edward (draughtsman) [ULAN info: British artist, 1833-1898]

Category

drawing

Name

drawing

School/Style

British

Production Notes

For page 313 of the Kelmscott Chaucer.

Technique Description

graphite within drawn graphite border on paper

Dimensions

height: (drawn area): 129 mm
width: (drawn area): 172 mm
height: (support): 154 mm
width: (support): 196 mm

Provenance

given: Baldwin, Stanley 1921 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints)

Sold by the Executors of the Burne-Jones estate, Sotheby's, July 8th, 1919, lot 23; bought Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, MP

Documentation

1. Robinson, Duncan (1975) A Companion Volume to the Kelmscott Chaucer, London?: Basilisk Press
   [comments: Reproduced, plate 46.]

Notes

See also: 4 sheets of preliminary sketches (1 sketch for p. 312, Romance of the Rose) (1079.79-82 F.O.F.) and 1 trial proof (1079i F.O.F.). 1079.79: graphite on paper, 324 x 206 mm (irregular). 2 studies on one sheet. 1079.80: graphite on paper, 323 x 201 mm (irregular). 4 studies of birds. 1079.81: graphite on paper, 322 x 202 mm (irregular). Study of a hawk. 1079.82: graphite on paper, 324 x 202 mm (irregular; torn lower-left corner). 2 compositional studies: top for p. 312, "Romance of the Rose", bottom for p. 313. Inscribed on lower study: "hee comes parliament of / Fools; and, below lower study: "you can give a name to every blackguard who ('.....ed') / & no one knows the name of any one who (?built) it."

Material/s

graphite (medium)
paper (support)

Accession Number

1050.46 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(Reference Number: 82157; Input Date: 2002-12-20 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

Related Object

1079/79 - Two preliminary studies for The Parliament of Fowls: perched upon branches of trees, birds sing with angelic voices
1079/80 - Four studies of birds for The Parliament of Fowls
1079/81 - Study of a bird for The Parliament of Fowls
1079/82 - Two preliminary studies: The Romance of the Rose: the place of the rose; The Parliament of Fowls: perched upon branches of trees, birds sing with angelic voices