Drawings
The Procession to the Hill: Psyche and the King
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- Date
- ca. 1866
- Accession number
- 2000.5.1550.35
- Makers
- Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
- Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
- Dimensions
- 4 3/8 x 7 in. (11.1 x 17.8 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. Procession of maidens with those at left carrying lyres, wearing long robes, garlands in their hair - king standing amongst them. Psyche stands alone at center, holding branch in hand - attendants ahead of her strewing flowers on the path.
