Study for the Failure of Gawain from the Holy Grail Tapestries

Edward Burne-Jones1893

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Title: Study for the Failure of Gawain from the Holy Grail Tapestries
Creator: Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833-1898)
Date Created: 1893
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 34.3 x 22.4 cm (13 1/2 x 8 13/16 in.); Secondary Support: 35.5 x 23.4 cm (14 x 9 3/16 in.)
Provenance: Helen and Albert Borowitz, Cleveland, Ohio, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.248
Medium: black and blue crayons with graphite on light to medium-weight Japanese paper
Inscriptions: inscribed, upper right in graphite: GAWAIN, inscribed lower left, in graphite: EBJ / 1893 / study for the / REJECTION OF / GAWAIN in the / Tapestries of the MORTE D'ARTHUR
Department: Drawings
Culture: England, 19th century
Credit Line: Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz
Collection: DR - British
Accession Number: 2013.248

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