Graphite, watercolour, gouache and gum arabic on card
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King Renés Honeymoon
Purchased 1917
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
architectural plan
architecture
castle
characters
compass
court dress
dress: ceremonial/royal
king
King René of Anjou
kissing
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
man
marriage
military
objects
people
queen
royalty and social rank
scientific and measuring
Scott, Walter, Sir, ‘Anna von Geierstein’
sex and relationships
sitting
society
woman
work and occupations
<p>This watercolour is a replica of the subject Brown painted to decorate a cabinet designed by John Pritchard Seddon, which was made by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company, and is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. At Brown's suggestion, the painted panels were based on imagined incidents in the honeymoon of King Rene of Anjou, as recounted by Walter Scott in his novel 'Anna von Geierstein'. The four panels on the front of the cabinet illustrate King Rene's renowned interest in the arts. Brown chose to evoke Architecture, showing the King considering the plans for his castle. The other three panels were painted by Rossetti (Music) and Burne-Jones (Painting and Sculpture).</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour gouache gum arabic card
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
6 October 2017 – 20 May 2018
2018-05-20
6 October 2017 – 14 January 2018
2018-01-14
2017-10-06
Fundación Juan March (Madrid, Spain)
http://www.march.es
22 February 2018 – 20 May 2018
2018-05-20
2018-02-22
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
http://www.mnac.es
2017-10-06
William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain
Loan-out
King René‘s Honeymoon
support: 276 × 186 mm
Purchased 1917
<p>This <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> is a replica of the subject Brown painted to decorate a cabinet designed by John Pritchard Seddon, which was made by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company, and is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. At Brown's suggestion, the painted <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/panel" title="Glossary definition for 'Panel'"><span>panels</span></a> were based on imagined incidents in the honeymoon of King Rene of Anjou, as recounted by Walter Scott in his novel 'Anna von Geierstein'. The four panels on the front of the cabinet illustrate King Rene's renowned interest in the arts. Brown chose to evoke Architecture, showing the King considering the plans for his castle. The other three panels were painted by Rossetti (Music) and Burne-Jones (<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>Painting</span></a> and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>Sculpture</span></a>).</p>
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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults architectural plan architecture castle characters compass court dress dress: ceremonial/royal king King René of Anjou kissing literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) man marriage military objects people queen royalty and social rank scientific and measuring Scott, Walter, Sir, ‘Anna von Geierstein’ sex and relationships sitting society woman work and occupations