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It is a coloured copy of a plain white plaster tablet designed by Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) in memory of his close friend Laura Lyttleton (née Tennant), who died in childbirth in 1886 within the first year of her marriage. The original was installed in the church of St Andrew in Mells, Somerset. The coloured version was made for Burne-Jones's own house, The Grange, Fulham.<br><br><b>Subjects Depicted</b><br>Burne-Jones had been studying Byzantine art. The peacock was a symbol of the Resurrection in Greek culture of the Christian era.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Lady Georgiana Burne-Jones described this tablet in her biography of her husband thus: - 'Laura, the daughter of Sir Charles Tennant: in our house she so fascinated us all that we called her The Siren\"\".   [Her memorial] is eight feet high\"  and an effigy of a peacock which is the symbol of the Resurrection standing upon a laurel tree - and the laurel grows out of the tomb and burst through the side of the tomb with a determination to go on living and refusing to be dead and below was a Latin inscription made by Dean Church one of the many who loved her.'","physicalDescription":"Oil and gilt gesso entitled 'A Peacock'.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Burne Jones, Edward Coley (Sir)","id":"A8203"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"oil paint","id":"AAT15050"},{"text":"gilt","id":"x30367"},{"text":"gesso","id":"AAT14952"},{"text":"wood","id":"AAT11914"}],"techniques":[{"text":"oil painting","id":"AAT178684"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"oil and gilt gesso on wood","categories":[{"text":"Paintings","id":"THES48917"}],"styles":[{"text":"British School","id":"x30967"},{"text":"Pre-Raphaelite","id":"AAT21225"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AL3033"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"125G","id":"THES49212"},"free":"","case":"WE","shelf":"","box":"50"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"oil paintings","id":"AAT33799"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1886","earliest":"1886-01-01","latest":"1886-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Mrs J. W. Mackail, daughter of the artist","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"237.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"133","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"top, maximum","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"20","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"top, maximum","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"112","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"base","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"10.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"base, maximum","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"80 includes current backboard\nDimensions checked: Measured; 04/06/1999 by KL\n\nold case dimensions : 300 x 150 x 40","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Given by Mrs J. W. Mackail, 1938.  Made in London by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (born in Birmingham, 1833, died in London, 1898)","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Oil and gilt gesso entitled 'A Peacock' by Edward Coley Burne-Jones.  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The peacock represents resurrection and was taken by Burne-Jones from Byzantine art. He made this copy for his own home, 'The Grange', in Fulham, London.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["P.85-1938"],"accessionNumberNum":"85","accessionNumberPrefix":"P","accessionYear":1938,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LM9368","2019LP9640","2019LP7905","2019LP2217","2019LV6876","2019LV6405"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-07","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}