A Girl

On the reverse there is a sketch of King René painting . Surtees does not catalog the item, and Linda Parry's art catalog of William Morris works at the Victoria & Albert Museum indicates that Burne-Jones had responsibility for the “Painting” panel. Consequently, one can assume that the sketch belongs to Burne-Jones and not DGR. If such is the case, one must then wonder how this document came to hold work by both artists. Perhaps both DGR and Burne-Jones shared working space and material at the time these sketches were made, most likely in 1861, judging by the date of the Seddon cabinet project. Alternatively, Burne-Jones may have given DGR a tentative sketch while they designed the cabinet, and DGR kept the slip of paper and later used it for the present sketch.

• Parry, William Morris, 170.
• Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 227 (no. 710).
• Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 491.