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Elaine

Panel
1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A woman, full length, both arms upraised holding her long hair. Grass and flowers. Background of quarries with alternate lilies and poppies. Right and left, narrow borders of formal tulips (?).


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleElaine (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Stained and painted glass
Brief description
Stained glass panel of Elaine designed by Edward Burne-Jones, England, 1870.
Physical description
A woman, full length, both arms upraised holding her long hair. Grass and flowers. Background of quarries with alternate lilies and poppies. Right and left, narrow borders of formal tulips (?).
Dimensions
  • Framed; supplied by se height: 89.5cm
  • Framed; supplied by se width: 53.8cm
  • Sight; supplied by se height: 85.7cm
  • Sight; supplied by se width: 50.0cm
  • Framed; confirmed by se depth: 32mm
Credit line
Bequeathed by J. R. Holliday
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Greene, Vivien, et al. Utopia Matters: From Brotherhoods to Bauhaus, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 2010 Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1996. 384 p., ill. ISBN 0856674419
Collection
Accession number
C.321-1927

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Record createdJuly 27, 1998
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