Design for the Figure of "Flora"

Design for the Figure of "Flora" by Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Medium

Graphite on paper

Dimensions

10 11/16 x 2 11/16 in. (27.2 x 6.9 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Culture

British

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession Number

1975.1.877

About the Artist

Sir Edward Burne-Jones · 18331898

Edward Coley Burne-Jones was born on 28 August 1833 in Birmingham, the son of a frame-maker, and lost his mother within a week of his birth. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and the Birmingham School of Art before proceeding to Exeter College, Oxford, in 1852, intending to study theology. At Oxford he formed a lifelong friendship with William Morris, and the two young men became intoxicat...

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