Cover of a Pianoforte by Edward Burne-Jones
Cover of a Pianoforte by Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), engraved by Octave Lacour (1855-1921). In 1879 the painter Edward Burne-Jones was asked by a friend, William Graham, to design a piano which he could give as a wedding present to his daughter Frances. Burne-Jones commissioned Broadwood to build a grand piano with a traditional harpsichord-like shape, supported by a trestle stand, that would be in keeping with the Arts and Crafts movement he was establishing with the craftsman and poet William Morris. Burne-Jones himself painted the lid, which shows mother earth
Picture No
11785233
Media ID
46658885
Size
5980px x 3330px
(4.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Edward Burne-Jones, engraved by Octave Lacour from Proof Impressions of Engravings', 1884 (12/20)
Date
1884
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