Live Auction 2237The Scholars Eye: Property from the Julius Held Collection Part I
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, A.R.A. (Birmingham 1833-1898 London)
Lot 21

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, A.R.A. (Birmingham 1833-1898 London)

A design for a bookplate: two infant boys holding a shield inscribed with the letter 'F'; and an impression of the woodcut bookplate

Closed27 January 2009

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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, A.R.A. (Birmingham 1833-1898 London)
A design for a bookplate: two infant boys holding a shield inscribed with the letter 'F'; and an impression of the woodcut bookplate
inscribed 'E.Libris.Frances.Horner' (i)
pencil
4¾ x 3¾ in. (121 x 950 mm.)

Specialist note

Frances Horner, née Graham (1858-1940), was the daughter of a Scottish MP and collector who married the barrister John Francis Fortescue Horner in 1883. She met Burne-Jones when she was about eighteen and she became a life long friend, muse and patron of the artist. They exchanged letters almost daily and she posed for several of his paintings including as the bride in The King's Wedding and as a nymph for Perseus and the Sea Nymphs. Burne-Jones also gave her many gifts of friendship of his works of which the present work is a small but intimate example. It is one of only two ex-libris that Burne-Jones ever created.