Graphite and watercolour on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Rossetti and his Friends
Collection
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Topsy and Ned Jones Settled on Settle in Red Lion Square
Bequeathed by Sir Hugh Walpole 1941
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
artist - non-specific
arts and entertainment
bread
broom
Burne-Jones, Edward
caricature
domestic
drink, beer
England
food and drink
furnishings
individuals: male
leisure and pastimes
man
Morris, William
named groups
named individuals
objects
people
places
portraits
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
recreational activities
Red Lion Square
settle
sitting
social comment
society
table
talking
UK countries and regions
UK London
work and occupations
writing
<p>Topsy was William Morris's nickname; 'Ned' is short for 'Edward'. After moving to London in 1856, Morris and Burne-Jones took over the rooms at Red Lion Square that Rossetti had shared with Walter Deverell (one of the original Pre-Raphaelites). There were no furnishings, so Morris designed tables, chairs, cabinets and a settle, which were made by a local carpenter. Rossetti described the results as 'intensely mediaeval' and encouraged Burne-Jones and Morris to decorate the panels with their own paintings; Rossetti also provided designs himself. This growing interest in individual craftsmanship led to the formation of Morris &amp; Co in 1861.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
21 January 2002 – 21 September 2002
2002-09-21
21 January 2002 – 21 September 2002
2002-09-21
2002-01-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-01-21
Rossetti and Medievalism
Collection based display
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
Topsy and Ned Jones Settled on the Settle in Red Lion Square
support: 311 × 387 mm
frame: 700 × 575 × 20 mm
Bequeathed by Sir Hugh Walpole 1941
<p>Topsy was William Morris's nickname;  'Ned' is short for 'Edward'. After moving  to London in 1856, Morris and Burne-Jones took over the rooms at Red Lion Square that Rossetti had shared with Walter Deverell (one of the original <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-Raphaelites</span></a>).  There were no furnishings, so Morris designed tables, chairs, cabinets and  a settle, which were made by a local carpenter. Rossetti described the results  as 'intensely mediaeval' and encouraged Burne-Jones and Morris to decorate 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/panel" title="Glossary definition for 'Panel'"><span>panels</span></a> with their own <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>; Rossetti also provided designs himself. This growing interest in individual craftsmanship led  to the formation of Morris &amp; Co in 1861.</p>
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<p><b>A01049</b>	[from] ROSSETTI AND HIS FRIENDS (TWENTY-THREE DRAWINGS) 1916–17 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/beerbohm-d-g-rossetti-precociously-manifesting-that-queer-indifference-to-politics-a01038" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>A01038</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/beerbohm-the-name-of-dante-gabriel-rossetti-is-heard-for-the-first-time-in-the-western-a01060" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>A01060</span></a>; complete]
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<br/>Bequeathed by Sir Hugh Walpole 1941.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Mrs Charles Hunter; from whom purchased by the Leicester Galleries; from whom purchased by Sir Hugh Walpole 1921.
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Lynch, 1921, pp.146–50.</p>
<p>A series of twenty-three <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a>, variously dated 1916 and 1917. Fifteen were lent by Mrs Charles Hunter to the <i>Modern Loan Exhibition</i>, Grosvenor Gallery, November 1917 (98); the complete series was first exhibited at the Leicester Galleries, September 1921 (1), in the order in which they are given here, again as <i>Rossetti and his Friends</i>. They were published in book form by Heinemann in 1922 as <i>Rossetti and His Circle</i>, possibly an allusion to Rossetti's <i>Dante and His Circle</i>, the second edition of his translations from the early Italian poets, published in 1874. The complete series of drawings was further exhibited in <i><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 Drawings of the 1860 Period</i>, Tate Gallery, April–July 1923 (336), and was on loan to the Tate Gallery from June 1938. For further details, see below (artists represented in the collection will be fully discussed in the appropriate section of the catalogue).</p>
<p>(xii) Inscr. ‘Topsy and Ned Jones settled on the settle in Red Lion Square.’ b.l. and ‘Max 1916’ c.r.
<br/>Pencil and watercolour, 12 1/4×15 1/2 (31×38·5).
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Grosvenor Gallery, November 1917 (98, 7); Leicester Galleries, September 1921 (12); Tate Gallery, April–July 1923 (336, 12); on loan to the Tate Gallery from June 1938.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Rossetti and His Circle</i>, 1922, pl.6 (in colour); Max Beerbohm, <i>Poet's Corner</i>, 1943 ed., pl.2 (in colour).</p>
<p>William Morris and Burne-Jones in their joint studio at 17 Red Lion Square, where they lived from 1856 to 1858.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-22T00:00:00
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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults artist - non-specific arts and entertainment bread broom Burne-Jones, Edward caricature domestic drink, beer England food and drink furnishings individuals: male leisure and pastimes man Morris, William named groups named individuals objects people places portraits Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood recreational activities Red Lion Square settle sitting social comment society table talking UK countries and regions UK London work and occupations writing