Burne-Jones is a major Pre-Raphaelite artist whose work has been hugely influential. This sketch of Burne-Jones was drawn by George Howard, Ninth Earl of Carlisle, at his country seat Naworth Castle, Brampton, Cumbria in 1875. Burne-Jones met George Howard in 1865 and gave him artistic lessons. Howard became an artist and an important Pre-Raphaelite patron and commissioned important works from Burne-Jones.
Three portrait sketches of Burne-Jones 1875 by George Howard, Ninth Earl of Carlisle.
One of the drawings is inscribed Naworth.
Burne-Jones met George Howard in 1865 and gave him artistic lessons. As a wealthy Pre-Raphaelite patron, Howard commissioned important works by Burne-Jones. Howard made these sketches of Burne-Jones during his stay at Howard’s home: Naworth Castle, Brampton, Cumbria, in 1875. Burne-Jones is a major Pre-Raphaelite artist and was hugely influential.
Howard knew other members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood including Rossetti, William Morris, Ford Madox Brown and Arthur Hughes who visited him at his home at Naworth Castle near Brampton. Howard commissioned Philip Webb, the Arts and Crafts architect, to design his London home at Palace Green, after his marriage in 1864. Howard later asked Burne-Jones and William Morris to decorate it. Howard commissioned major Pre-Raphaelite works for this house and his two country seats, Castle Howard in Yorkshire and Naworth Castle in Cumbria.
There are these inscriptions on the exhibit:
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery collection, gift of Lady Aurea Macleod 1954
Image © Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
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