Drawings

Illustration for Cupid and Psyche

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1866
Accession number: 2000.5.1550.45
Makers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (14.6 x 9.5 cm.) book: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm.)
Medium: ink and graphite on paper
Description: Design for book illustration. Psyche at center, nude, standing at center of room, bed behind her with tiled floor, curtained off, flowers strewn on floor. Her hands are held up behind her head.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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