ID 1443091
Lot 257 | SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES, BT., A.R.A., R.W.S. (BIRMINGHAM 1833-1898 LONDON)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
head of Philip Comyns Carr (b.1874), looking down, aged 7: study for a chorister in 'King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid'
signed with initials 'EB.J.' (lower left)
black, white and red chalk on buff paper
15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Provenance
Joseph William Comyns Carr (1849-1916) and Alice Vansittart Comyns Carr (1850-1927), the sitter's parents, and by decent to
Philip Comyns Carr, and by descent to his wife, by whom bequeathed to
The Society of Authors.
Literature
J. W. Comyns Carr, Some Eminent Victorians: personal recollections in the world of art and letters, London, 1908, frontispiece, p. xiii.
Burne-Jones Catalogue Raisonné, online edition, accessed April 2025, unnumbered.
| Artist: | Edward Burne-Jones (1833 - 1898) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Edward Burne-Jones (1833 - 1898) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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