Introduction
On the reverse there is a sketch of
King René painting
. Surtees does not catalog the item, and Linda Parry's art catalog of William Morris
works at the Victoria & Albert Museum indicates that Burne-Jones had responsibility
for the “Painting” panel. Consequently, one can assume that the sketch
belongs to Burne-Jones and not DGR. If such is the case, one must then wonder how this
document came to hold work by both artists. Perhaps both DGR and Burne-Jones shared working
space and material at the time these sketches were made, most likely in 1861, judging by the
date of the Seddon cabinet project. Alternatively, Burne-Jones
may have given DGR a tentative sketch while they designed the cabinet, and DGR kept the slip
of paper and later used it for the present sketch.
Bibliographic
Parry,
William Morris
, 170.
Surtees,
A Catalogue Raisonné
, vol. 1, 227 (no. 710).
Surtees,
A Catalogue Raisonné
, vol. 2, plate 491.