Edward Burne-Jones, Edgar Boehm and The Battle of Flodden Field.

From: Apollo | Date: August 1, 2003| Author: Stocker, Mark | Copyright information

'If ever my eyes grow dim ... I will give up painting and take to sculpture.' (1) Although Sir Edward Burne-Jones's eyesight remained sharp enough to spare him from having to honour this resolution made to Elizabeth, Lady Lewis, his involvement with--and influence upon--late nineteenth-century sculpture has received considerable if long overdue attention in recent years. (2) However, there remains much to be said about his most important collaboration with a sculptor. This was the ...