Drawings

Psyche by the Bed

Image not available

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1866
Accession number: 2000.5.1550.9
Makers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. (14.3 x 8.9 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 with book turned to viewer, gathering up skirts, peering into bed between handing drapery panels.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in