Drawings
The Head Rising up in the Sea
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- Date
- ca. 1866
- Accession number
- 2000.5.1550.19
- Makers
- Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
- Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
- Dimensions
- 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 seated at left in Cheron's boat, holding knees. Cheron at right, at prow, pulling an oar - clothing ragged. Below at left, a bearded head is rising from the water to look at Psyche.
- Credit
- The Huntington
