25 Mar Edward Coley Burne-Jones, “The Mermaid” (1882)
[caption id="attachment_17027" align="aligncenter" width="550"] The Mermaid 1882 Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt 1833-1898 Bequeathed by Miss Katharine Elizabeth Lewis 1961 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/T00457[/caption] In 1880 Burne-Jones acquired a second home at Rottingdean, near Brighton, to which he often retreated from the bustle of London. Encouraged by his proximity...