Edward Burne-Jones - The Heart of the Rose

1889

one of a set of three pictures illustrating Chaucer's The Romaunt of the Rose.

signed with initials
38 x 51.5"
with a verse by William Morris:

'The ending of the tale ye see;
The Lover draws anigh the tree,
And takes the branch, and takes the rose,
That love and he so dearly chose.'

Exhibited New Gallery 1893