© Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
Childe Rolande to the Dark Tower Came
Artist: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833 - 1898)
Location: Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
Date: 1861
Materials: pen & ink with grey wash
Dimensions: 43 x 24 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,500 (Total: £15,000; tax remission)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 3043 (1984)
Provenance:
Probably acquired from the artist by John Ruskin; F.S.Ellis by c.1878; Arthur West.
Description:
A knight in armour is surrounded by a mass of sunflowers. Illustrates Browning's poem 'Childe Rolande to the Dark Tower Came' published in 'Men and Women' (1855).
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