Woman's Head (Study for 'Chant D'Amour' in New York)

This chalk drawing and 'Seraph' (WD54) were recorded in the Powell inventory as being commissioned from the artist directly by Powell. This however seems doubtful as they appear to be studies for 'La Chant D'Amour', a painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Georgiana Burne-Jones wrote to Powell on behalf of her husband to acknowledge receipt of payment which Powell appears to have made in person at The Grange, their house in Fulham: '...we ought to have acknowledged its receipt before, but have been so unsettled that nothing has been done in order lately - the house has been devastated by workmen'. Burne-Jones also wrote to George Powell suggesting that this drawing and 'Seraph' would look their best in a 'simple narrow oak frame round the mount'. Reference in Powell Letters N.L.W. vol.5.