Cupid and Psyche - The Earthly Paradise. Edward Burne Jones and William Morris

In the mid-1860’s, Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris prepared a series of wood-cuts for parts of a proposed version of The Earthly Paradise which included “Zephyrus and Psyche,“ “The Talking Reed,“ “The Court of Venus,“ and “Psyche Entering Hades.“ Later, Burne-Jones in 1898, completed a cycle of paintings on the legend of Cupid and Psyche for a frieze in the Kensington house of George and Rosalind Howard. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: A mediados de la década de 1860 Edward Burne Jones y William Morris prepararon una serie de xilografías como parte de un proyecto de versión de “The Early Paradise“ que incluía “Zephyrus and Psyche“, “The Talking Reed“, “The Court of Venus“ y “Psyche Entering Hades“. Más adelante, en 1898, Burne Jones completó un ciclo de cuadros de la leyenda de Cupido y Psyche para las paredes de la casa de Kensington de George y Rosalind Howard.