Edward Burne-Jones, The Briar Rose (The Briar Rose, The Council Chamber, The Garden Court, and The Rose Bower), c. 1890, oil on canvas (Buscot Park). Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

Additional resources:

This series at Buscot Park

Peter Faulkner, “The Briar Rose,” The Journal of William Morris Studies, Winter 2009

Alison Smith, Edward Burne-Jones (Tate Publishing, 2019)

Andrea Wolk Rager, “’Smite this Sleeping World Awake’: Edward Burne-Jones and The Legend of the Briar Rose,” Victorian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3 (Spring 2009), pp. 438-450.

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