Copyright: ©Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
Bewigged Head and William Morris
Edward Burne-Jones
William Morris
Ford Madox Brown
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1860?
Physical Description
Medium: pencil
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.
Production Description
Production Date: 1860?
Note: The date of 1861 is conjectural; it could be as late as 1865.
Provenance
Current Location: Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
Catalog Number: 1980P38
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
sa930.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is one of a pair of composite humorous drawings that were apparently initiated by Burne-Jones shortly after he and his wife moved into their home in Great Russell Street. The result is a kind of "exquisite corpse" drawing to which DGR, Brown, and Morris also contributed.
The Birmingham Museum supplied the title that is given here. It indicates that the figure is meant to parody Morris.