Burne-Jones (Sir Edward Coley) The Golden Stairs, signed, original tabernacle frame

Burne-Jones (Sir Edward Coley)

The Golden Stairs,

engraved by Felix Jasinski, signed in pencil by the artist and engraver, on vellum, contemporary tabernacle-style oak frame by C. Thomas & Co. Carvers and Gilders, with scrolling top and overlapping leaf pattern above fluted Corinthian columns, some minor losses, sheet laid down to card mount, some staining lower left, framer’s pencil text ‘Gwen John’ visible in margins, published by Arthur Tooth & Sons, printed by Salmon & Ardail, 1894.

Provenance: bears Arthur Tooth & Sons and C. Thomas & Co. labels verso.