Drawings

The Weaving Women

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1866
Accession number: 2000.5.1550.27
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 6 1/2 in. (11.1 x 16.5 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 in long robe, casket under right arm walking down path at center - to her right, two men with cow are hailing her. To her left, three women sitting at low-warp loom, (in front of house) hailing her.
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)

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