Sir Edward Burne-Jones
(1833-1898), Painter and designerSir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Bt
Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 24 portraits
Artist associated with 1 portrait
Painter and designer; inspired to take up art through his friendship with Dante Gabriel Rossetti; lifelong friend and collaborator of William Morris, for whom he designed stained-glass windows, tapestries, tiles and book illustrations. Burne-Jones' paintings of classical subjects and medieval romances exemplify the aesthetic dream-world of late nineteenth-century art. His reputation reached its height in the 1880s but began to decline during his lifetime with the onset of the Impressionists, whose style and choice of subject matter he despised.
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by George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle
pencil, circa 1875
NPG 5276
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-mid 1890s
NPG 3432
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 20 April 1889
NPG 2287
The Royal Academy Conversazione, 1891
by George Henry Grenville Manton
pen, ink and gouache, 1891
NPG 2820
by Sir Philip Burne-Jones, 2nd Bt
oil on canvas, 1898
NPG 1864
by John Watkins, or by Cundall, Downes & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1864
NPG Ax14984
by Cundall, Downes & Co, or by John Watkins
albumen print on card mount, published 1864
NPG Ax131896
Sir Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris with their families
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x131265
Sir Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris with their families
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x131266
Sir Edward Burne-Jones; William Morris
by Frederick Hollyer
platinum print, 1874
NPG x3763
The Burne-Jones and Morris families
by Frederick Hollyer
sepia-toned platinotype print, 1874
NPG x11881
by Benjamin Scott & Son
albumen print, August 1874
NPG x3688
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, 1882
NPG x128768
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, 1882
NPG x4905
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, 1882
NPG x19017
by Alfred James Philpott (Phillpot), for Elliott & Fry, published by Ogden's
cigarette card, circa 1885, published circa 1898-1907
NPG x197040
possibly by Alfred James Philpott (Phillpot), for Elliott & Fry
bromide print, circa 1885
NPG x197896
by Alfred James Philpott (Phillpot), for Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, circa 1885
NPG x6422
by Elliott & Fry, after Alfred James Philpott (Phillpot), for Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, (circa 1885)
NPG x82208
by Barbara Sotheby (née Leighton), printed by Frederick Hollyer
platinum print, 27 July 1890
NPG x13185
Related People
- Georgiana (née Macdonald), Lady Burne-Jones (wife)
- Sir Philip Burne-Jones, 2nd Bt (son)
- Richard Jones (father)
- Clare Mackail (granddaughter)
- Denis George Mackail (grandson)
- Margaret Mackail (née Burne-Jones) (daughter)
- Angela Margaret Thirkell (née Mackail) (granddaughter)
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