Live Auction 12237Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898)
Lot 16

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898)

Female head study, looking to the right, for 'The Golden Stairs', possibly Mary Stuart Wortley, later Countess Lovelace

Closed14 December 2016

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GBP 22,500

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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898)
Female head study, looking to the right, for 'The Golden Stairs', possibly Mary Stuart Wortley, later Countess Lovelace
oil on canvas
14 ½ x 11 ¾ in. (36.8 x 29.8 cm.)

with Matthew Webb, Burne-Jones's studio assistant, until March 1892, from whom purchased by Frank Chapman, the great-grandfather of the present owner, and by descent.

Specialist note

Please see lot 15 for further information on this oil sketch.