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The Speaking Tower

Maker (British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker (British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
  • Illustration for Cupid and Psyche
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1866
Mediumink and graphite on paper
Dimensions6 x 4 1/2 in. (15.2 x 11.4 cm.) book: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm.)
DescriptionDesign for book illustration. Psyche at left in profile, against rocky and mountainous background, holding casket under left arm, speaking with woman who is standing at enterance to tower, (right)
Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: 22
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number2000.5.1550.24
Psyche Going into Hell
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.25
Psyche Coming out into Hell
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.26
Cerberus
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.20
Recovering the Casket
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.17
The Weaving Women
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.27
The Task of the Gold - Wooled Sheep: The Seeds
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.23
Cheron's Fee
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.18
The Tower of Brass
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1880
Object number: 2000.5.1559
Cupid Reviving Psyche
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.29
After Opening the Casket - Stygian Sleep
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.28
Psyche and Juno
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.31
Psyche Spying on Cupid
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.48