Graphite and watercolour on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-edward-coley-burne-jones-bt-68" aria-label="More by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt</a>
Woman in an Interior
Purchased 1924
adults
broom
Cornforth, Fanny
domestic
domestic
domestic
food and drink
fruit, pomegranate
furnishings
hallway
individuals: female
interiors
maid
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
wallpaper
woman
work and occupations
<p>Although the subject of this study has not been identified, its handling and its focus on a single figure in an interior setting relate it to Burne-Jones's two pictures illustrating 'Sidonia the Sorceress' (nos.2 and 3). As in the portrait of Sidonia, Burne-Jones's model was most probably Fanny Cornforth. Fanny was one of the Pre-Raphaelite beauties, or 'stunners', and was allegedly discovered by Rossetti on the Strand, where she worked as a prostitute. She posed for a number of Rossetti's paintings and was his 'housekeeper' after the death of Lizzie Siddal. The motif on the hanging behind the woman resembles the Pomegranate (or Fruit) wallpaper design produced by William Morris in 1864.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
12 July 2003 – 15 August 2004
2004-08-15
12 July 2003 – 28 September 2003
2003-09-28
2003-07-12
Art Gallery of Western Australia (Perth, Australia)
25 October 2003 – 15 February 2004
2004-02-15
2003-10-25
Dunedin Public Art Gallery (Dunedin, New Zealand)
http://www.dunedin.art.museum
14 May 2004 – 15 August 2004
2004-08-15
2004-05-14
Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, USA)
2003-07-12
The Pre-Raphaelite Dream: Paintings and Drawings from the Tate Collection
Tate partnerships & programmes
1 July 2012 – 30 October 2012
2012-10-30
1 July 2012 – 30 October 2012
2012-10-30
2012-07-01
Society of Antiquaries -Kelmscott Manor (Kelmscott, UK)
2012-07-01
Reciprocal loan for Pre-Raphaelite Avant-Garde
Loan-out
14 September 2019 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
14 September 2019 – 26 January 2020
2020-01-26
2019-09-14
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde (Stockholm, Sweden)
http://www.waldermarsudde.com
21 February 2020 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
2020-02-21
KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes (Bergen, Norway)
2019-09-14
Edward Burne-Jones: The Pre-Raphaelites and the North
Loan-out
Woman in an Interior
support: 225 × 318 mm
Purchased 1924
<p>Although the subject of this study has not been identified, its handling and its focus on a single figure in an interior setting relate it to Burne-Jones's two pictures illustrating 'Sidonia the Sorceress' (nos.2 and 3). As in the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> of Sidonia, Burne-Jones's model was most probably Fanny Cornforth. Fanny was one of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/pre-raphaelite" title="Glossary definition for 'Pre-Raphaelite'"><span>Pre-Raphaelite</span></a> beauties, or 'stunners', and was allegedly discovered by Rossetti on the Strand, where she worked as a prostitute. She posed for a number of Rossetti's <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> and was his 'housekeeper' after the death of Lizzie Siddal. The motif on the hanging behind the woman resembles the Pomegranate (or Fruit) wallpaper design produced by William Morris in 1864.</p>
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adults broom Cornforth, Fanny domestic domestic domestic food and drink fruit, pomegranate furnishings hallway individuals: female interiors maid named individuals objects people portraits wallpaper woman work and occupations