Evening

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt, A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898) Evening signed with initials 'E.B.J.' and indistinctly dated '1870' (lower right) and further signed and inscribed 'The picture being painted in watercolour, would be injured by the slightest moisture. Great care must be taken whenever it is removed from the frame' (on a label attached to the backing board) watercolour, bodycolour and gum arabic, on paper 31¼ x 22¼ in. (79.3 x 56.5 cm.) In the original Foord and Dickinson frame.