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The Days of Creation

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Days_of_creation_including_fourth_angel — Sir Edward Burne-Jones revisited favorite themes (Briar Rose, Days of Creation) throughout his life. Jenny, William Morris’s older daughter who was 15 at the time the series was completed, posed for some of the angels. The last of the Angels of Creation was completed in 1876, the same year that Jenny’s life was changed forever when her health began to deteriorate as she developed epilepsy. Jenny and her father were very close; Jenny had just passed her Cambridge Local examinations and would most likely have attended one of the women’s colleges at either Oxford or Cambridge.

*The Fourth Day was cut from its frame during a dinner party in Dunster House at Harvard University in 1970 where the entire series on loan from the Fogg Art Museum. It has never been recovered. The fourth angel is derived from black and white platinotypes done by Frederick Hollyer at the end of the nineteenth century, 1934 photos from the Harvard Art Museums archives, and extrapolated from the description of Oscar Wilde and other critics of the day. Initial work on the fourth angel was done by Kara Fraser, with final work done, if there is such a thing, by Christine Norstrand.

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2 responses to “The Days of Creation”

Ruth

2014-07-27

It looks Pre-Raphaelite to me.

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Richard

2015-07-29

Yes, it is Pre-Raphaelite. It is by Sir Edward Burne-Jones.

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