| | ArtMagick Galleries - Burne-Jones: The Legend of the Briar-Rose |
 | | The series had always been intended for use as decoration, and subsequent to their exhibition by Agnew & Sons, the Briar Rose series was bought by Alexander Henderson, who later became the 1st Lord Faringdon. |
 | | Burne-Jones drew his inspiration for the Briar Rose Series from the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, which had been retold in the eighteenth century by Charles Perrault in his Contes du Temps Passé and by Tennyson in his 1842 poem Day Dream. |
 | | He did this through the lazy arabesques of the briars, the abandoned poses of the sleeping figures, the shallow perspective, the intense but modulated colours and the verses inscribed beneath, which were written by William Morris expressly to be read in conjunction with the paintings. |
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