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22b
STUDY for THE KING for KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR MAID.
c. 1883
SIR
EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES, Bt.
1833-1898
Pencil,
22.2 x 15.7 (8.75 x 6)
Provenence:
as 22a.
Exhibited:
as 22a.
The
King, wearing a simple tunic, is seated with hands in lap,
gazing upwards towards the right.
Further
drawings for the pose of the seated King include a life drawing
(60.5 x 45.5) and two pencil studies c. 1883 (27.3 x 18.2
& 30.4 x 18.8) in Birmingham City Art Gallery and a further
pencil study of the King, with crown in his lap, c.1883-4
(21.8 x 16.5) is in Manchester City Art Gallery. A sketchbook
in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, c.1875, contains preliminary
studies for the composition.
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