Name: SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER, BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1836-1919)
Brand: Portrait of Margaret Burne-Jones, probably a study for 'Cressida'
Price: 3500.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER, BT., P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1836-1919)
Portrait of Margaret Burne-Jones, probably a study for 'Cressida'
black and white chalk on buff paper
10³⁄₄ x 7³⁄₄ in. (27.3 x 19.7 cm.)

The sitter, and by descent to her daughter,
Angela Margaret Thirkell (née Mackail) (1890-1966), and by descent to her son,
Graham Campbell McInnes (1912-1970), by whom given to his daughter, and by descent.

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This drawing appears to be a study for Cressida, painted for William Luson Thomas's 'Graphic Gallery of Shakespeare's Heroines' in 1887. The picture was exhibited in 1888 and was engraved as a plate for The Graphic on 18 March 1893 (see British Museum, 2007,7017.4).
We are grateful to Donato Esposito for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.