Victorian Art in Britain

 The Star of Bethlehem by Burne-Jones



This enormous watercolour (256.5 cm by 386cm) was commissioned by the Art Gallery Purchase Committee. It was completed & first exhibited in the gallery 1n 1891. The artist was paid £2000.00, & had worked on the canvass for intermittently three years. His wife Geogiana said that its commission by the artists own home town was a source of satisfaction to him. The design was later used by Morris & Co as a tapestry. The artist met William Morris at Exeter College Oxford, & they became lifelong friends & associates.  

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Location : Birmingham City Art Gallery