A female figure holding a palm
Date1878
Artist
Charles Fairfax Murray
(British painter, collector, dealer, 1849–1919)
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions13 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (34.3 × 18.7 cm)
frame: 17 3/8 × 11 in. (44.1 × 27.9 cm)
frame: 17 3/8 × 11 in. (44.1 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2021
Object number2021-32
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextFairfax Murray began his career as a studio assistant to Edward Burne-Jones. he draped figure in this drawing reflects Burne-Jones’ interest in late Renaissance art and classical sculpture and signifies a move away from the more archaic borrowings of the early Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. This drawing is almost surely related to 1997-231 which has been identified as related to decorative panels for furniture produced by the firm of Collinson and Lock.
