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Title
The painting "Study for the Mask of Cupid" by Burne-Jones, depicting three faces
Creator
Burne-Jones, Edward
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the painting "Study for the Mask of Cupid" by Burne-Jones, depicting three faces, [s.d.]. Three disembodied heads are shown: the leftmost is shown in profile, grinning, the center is inclined at three-quarters profile and bears a neutral expression, and the third appears to be contorted in rage. All three have billowing, unkempt hair. To the left, the latin "Crudelitas" is inscribed and to the far right, "Saevitia".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
14 x 25 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m18374
USC-1-1-1-14104 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8918
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18374
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8918.jpg
Subject
Art--Women
Art
Source
8918 [Accession number]
CHS-8918 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: H-1026 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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