Edward Burne-Jones: Forms Divinely Beautiful

In 1900, Nottingham City Museums purchased a folio of prints, one of 200 such reproductions of Edward Burne-Jones’s paintings, compiled by his son Philip, to celebrate and promote his famous father’s work.

These prints are photogravures, made from a photographic negative, which is transferred to a metal plate and etched by The Berlin Photographic Company. They are works of art in their own right, depicting Burne-Jones’s paintings in a new, smoky, inky light, the watercolours and oils rendered i...