Sir Edward Burne-Jones: A Chronology
George P. Landow, Professor of English and Art History, Brown University
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| 1833 | Born August 28, at 11 Bennett's Hill, Birmingham to Edward Richard Jones; mother dies shortly after Edward's birth. |
| 1844-52 | attends King Edward's School, Birmingham |
| 1853 | Exeter College, Oxford; meets William Morris |
| 1854 | Encounters first Pre-Raphaelite pictures: Millais's Return of the Dove to the Ark and Hunt's Light of the World. |
| 1855 | First sees Dante Gabriel Rossetti's work; tours Northern France with Morris; decided to become a painter; discovers Malory's Morte d'Arthur; Oxford and Cambridge Magazine |
| 1856 | Meets Ruskin and Rossetti; studies with Rossetti and takes life classes; lives with Morris in London. |
| 1857 | Paints mural at Oxford Union |
| 1858 | Spends summer at Little Holland House; exhibits at Hogarth Club; Knightly farewell; Sir Galahad |
| 1859 | First visits Italy; teaches at Working Man's College (along with Ruskin and Rossetti) |
| 1860 | Marries Georgiana Macdonald, 9 June; Tree of Jesse |
| 1861 | Co-founder Morris, Faulkner & Company; moves to 62 Great Russell Street; son Philip born (October) |
| 1862 | B-J and wife accompany Ruskin to Italy (May-July); stained-glass designs: Adam, Flight into Eygpt; King Sigurd (engraving) |
| 1863 | Elected Associate, Old Watercolour Society; Summer Snow (engraving); Nativity Triptych (1862-63), The Merciful Knight |
| 1864 | Green Summer |
| 1866 | Daughter Margaret born; The Lament |
| 1867 | Moves to The Grange, Fulham (November) |
| 1868 | St George and the Dragon; begins Pygmalion Series |
| 1870 | Resigns Old Watercolour Society; Phyllis and Demophoön; working on The Garden of the Hesperides first Briarose series; Love among the Ruins |
| 1871 | Third visit to Italy (September); Sleeping Beauty |
| 1873 | Last visit to Italy |
| 1875 | Morris, Faulkner & Company dissolved |
| 1877 | Causes sensation with first Grosvenor Gallery exhibition |
| 1878 | Visits Paris; Beguiling of Merlin shown at Exposition Universelle; testifies on behalf of Ruskin in Whistler vs. Ruskin. |
| 1881 | Receives honorarary degree D. C. L. from Oxford. |
| 1882 | The Hours, Portrait of Katie Lewis |
| 1883 | Honorary Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford (with Morris); Ruskin lectures on his work at Oxford (May) |
| 1885 | President, Birmingham Society of Artists; reluctantly accepts Associateship of Royal Academy; Flora Tapesty |
| 1886 | Exibits at RA first and last time |
| 1887 | Withdraws from Grosvenor Gallery |
| 1888 | Begins to exhibit at New Gallery, Regent Street |
| 1889 | King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid shown at Exposition Universelle; receives French Cross of the Legion of Honor |
| 1890 | Briarose series exhibited Agnews. |
| 1891 | Wheel of Fortune exhibited Paris. |
| 1892 | Collected works exhibited New Gallery Winter Exhibitions. |
| 1893 | Resigns from Royal Academy |
| 1894 | The Fall of Lucifer; accepts baronetcy |
| 1896 | Morris dies |
| 1898 | Dies June 16 |
Bibliography
Burne-Jones: The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, 1833-98. Exhibition catalogue. Arts Council of Great Britain, 1975.
Fitzgerald, Penelope. Burne-Jones. London .
Harrison, Martin, and Bill Waters. Burne-Jones. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1973.
Last modified 30 July 2003