Atlas Turned to Stone

Maker Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833 - 1898)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Death of Medusa
Perseus

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1875

Mediumgraphite on paper

Dimensions10 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. (27.3 x 18.1 cm.)

DescriptionFigure drawing. Nude male figure seen from behind, apparently in flight, wearing winged helmet and glancing over left shoulder. Holds sketched sack in left hand and woman's head in right hand. Verso: Sketch of back of reclining headless woman - nude - leaning on her hands at right.

Inscribedrecto upper right in graphite: 31 lower right in graphite: Perseus and Jogon's head/ in Atlas picture verso in lower left in graphite: #62922 upper right in graphite in the same hand on recto: Death of Medusa/ Perseus Series

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1556