DOI issue:
No. 67 (October 1898)
DOI article:The Cupid and Psyche frieze by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, at no. 1 Palace Green
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19230#0017
The Cupid and Psyche Frieze
THE CUPID AND PSYCHE FRIEZE AT NO. I PALACE GREEN (SOUTH-WEST CORNER)
of these beautiful designs, the major part en- painted (or were in progress) as easel pictures. A
graved by Morris himself, with a few others cut painting for the Cupid and Psyche panel (in the
on the wood by Sir Thomas Wardle, the Misses angle) has been exhibited several times, and in a
Faulkner, Miss Burden, and Mr. Campfield. view of the studio of the painter, taken shortly
In 1872 Burne-Jones arranged a selection from before his death, the procession which begins the
these Cupid and Psyche designs for the frieze in ques- actual series in the frieze is seen as a painting, well
tion, and the subjects (but slightly altered) were advanced, upon a large canvas,
then drawn to the required size on canvas. Several Looking at the finished work as it appears
of them were painted by the artist himself in that to-day, it is not difficult to pick out the subjects
year, and for a long time he worked on the frieze at wholly wrought (or, at least, finished) by Burne-
intervals, until, finding the task too arduous, he Jones, and those for which Mr. Walter Crane is
called to his assistance Mr. Walter Crane, who responsible. Despite the loyalty of the younger
completed it. But some portions were retouched artist to the pre-arranged designs, his strong per-
by the artist still later at different intervals up to sonality has unconsciously asserted itself. It would
1881. need no Morelli to discover this much, but it would
Several of the subjects of the frieze were also be ungraceful to endeavour to apportion each group
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THE CUPID AND PSYCHE FRIEZE AT NO. I PALACE GREEN (SOUTH-WEST CORNER)
of these beautiful designs, the major part en- painted (or were in progress) as easel pictures. A
graved by Morris himself, with a few others cut painting for the Cupid and Psyche panel (in the
on the wood by Sir Thomas Wardle, the Misses angle) has been exhibited several times, and in a
Faulkner, Miss Burden, and Mr. Campfield. view of the studio of the painter, taken shortly
In 1872 Burne-Jones arranged a selection from before his death, the procession which begins the
these Cupid and Psyche designs for the frieze in ques- actual series in the frieze is seen as a painting, well
tion, and the subjects (but slightly altered) were advanced, upon a large canvas,
then drawn to the required size on canvas. Several Looking at the finished work as it appears
of them were painted by the artist himself in that to-day, it is not difficult to pick out the subjects
year, and for a long time he worked on the frieze at wholly wrought (or, at least, finished) by Burne-
intervals, until, finding the task too arduous, he Jones, and those for which Mr. Walter Crane is
called to his assistance Mr. Walter Crane, who responsible. Despite the loyalty of the younger
completed it. But some portions were retouched artist to the pre-arranged designs, his strong per-
by the artist still later at different intervals up to sonality has unconsciously asserted itself. It would
1881. need no Morelli to discover this much, but it would
Several of the subjects of the frieze were also be ungraceful to endeavour to apportion each group
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