Man Leading Woman and Child on a Horse

Possibly a design for an illustration for 'The Earthly Paradise', a volume of poems by William Morris that retold stories from Norse and Classical mythology. Burne-Jones and Morris collaborated on a proposed set of 500 illustrations, designed by Burne-Jones and printed from woodblocks cut by Morris. While the project ran into technical difficulties and the finished book did not contain images, this sketch is one example of a collaborative design partnership that spanned almost 40 years.