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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Edward Burne-Jones - Study for the head of a Mermaid
Pencil 1885 7.5 x 5"
A study of Laura Lyttleton as a mermaid for The Depths of the Sea. Exhibited in 1886, the year she died in child birth. BJ was devastated by her depth and designed her memorial.
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