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The 19th Century

Fri, Apr 24, 2015 06:00PM EDT - Sat, Apr 25, 2015 06:00PM EDT
Lot 85

AFTER EDWARD BURNE-JONES (1833-1898): THE ROSE BOWER, FROM THE LEGEND OF THE BRIAR ROSE

Estimate: $700 - $900
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Photogravure on wove paper, 1892, with margins, signed in pencil, published by Thomas Agnew & Sons, London. 23 x 37 1/2 in. (sight), 30 x 45 in. (frame).Note: The Legend of the Briar Rose was a series of four paintings completed between 1885 and 1890. All four, plus an additional ten panels, are located at Buscot Park, Oxfordshire, where they were originally installed by its owner, the Lord Faringdon. The panel depicted here, The Rose Bower, was the last in the series based on Sleeping Beauty.