Henry James (1843-1916)
Sir Philip Edward Burne-Jones (London 1861 – 1926)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1894 (initialled and dated)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
356 x 254 mm (14 x 10 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lamb House, Rye, East Sussex
NT 204159
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Henry James (1843-1916) by Sir Philip Edward Burne-Jones (London 1861 – 1926), signed and dated: P. B-J.1894. A half-length portrait, turned to the right, right profile, seated at a desk holding a pen in his left hand, wearing a suit, shirt and tie.
Provenance
Commissioned by the sitter and given with Lamb House by Mrs James, widow the novelist's nephew, 1950
Makers and roles
Sir Philip Edward Burne-Jones (London 1861 – 1926), artist