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Tile panel
Tile panel Dido

Object number

KM143.5.a
KM143.5.b

Artist/Designer/Maker

Edward Burne-Jones - Designer

Production date

1861-1862
1860s

Production place

England
England
Holland

Material

earthenware

Technique

hand-painted
glazed
tin-glazed
moulded

Dimensions

height: 12.5cm
width: 12.5cm

Location

Kelmscott Manor - (on display); (on display)

Content description

Two tiles forming a single panel, hand-painted with a crowned female figure wearing a flowing robe, wringing her hands. She stands on the seashore, shells scattered about her feet. A narrow banner bearing the words ‘IMAGO DIDONIS CARTHAGINIS REGINAE MARTYRIS’ is suspended to her right.

Inscriptions

Inscription content

IMAGO DIDONIS CARTHAGINIS REGINAE MARTYRIS
    Two hand-painted tiles forming a single panel. Designed by Edward Burne-Jones for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. From a series of eleven tiles designed by Burne-Jones between 1861 -1862 depicting heroines from Chaucer's 'Legend of Goode Wimmen'.