Study for Souls on the Banks of the River Styx by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt ARA

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Souls on the Banks of the River Styx

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt ARA (1833-1898)

c. 1873

Pencil on white paper

5 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 14 x13 cm..

Collection: Peter Nahum

"A study of a nude male figure crouching down and a standing nude female figure with her arms tightly crossed; both figures turning away to their left" (p. 47).

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Bibliography

Waters, Bill. Burne-Jones -- A Quest for Love: Works by Sir Edward Burne-Jones Bt and Related Works by Contemporary Artists. London: Peter Nahum, 1993. Plate number 9.

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