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The Flower Book (Edward Burne-Jones)
''The Flower Book'' by Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) is a series of 38 round watercolours, each about six inches across, painted from 1882 to 1898. The paintings do not depict flowers; rather, they were inspired by the flowers' names. Burne-Jones called them "a series of illustrations to the Names of Flowers". "Not a single flower itself appears", according to his wife Georgiana.〔 They were painted for his private pleasure, many while he was resting at his summer home in Rottingdean, and were described by his wife as the "most soothing piece of work that he ever did".〔(Leicester Galleries )〕〔Wildman (1998), pp. 285–86〕 In 1905 Georgiana, by then a widow, published a limited edition of high-quality printed facsimiles.
==Themes and technique==
Worked in watercolours, bodycolour (gouache), and gold paint, the paintings reflect the landscape around Rottingdean and include favourite themes from Burne-Jones's work: ''Witches' Tree'' (no. xv) revisits the subject of ''The Beguiling of Merlin'' and ''Meadow Sweet'' (no. xxxv) features the central figures from ''The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon''.〔
Burne-Jones collected folknames of flowers from many sources, but the greatest number were provided by Eleanor Leighton, Lady Leighton Warren, who shared her "knowledge of the names and legends belonging to flowers".〔Burne-Jones (1906), p. 118〕 In a letter to her, he wrote:
In a later letter, he added, "You see how I want to deal with them: it is not enough to illustrate them—that is such poor work: I want to add to them or wring their secret from them".〔Burne-Jones (1906), p. 120〕
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