Pygmalion and the Image series

Pygmalion and the Image: The Heart Desires
1st painting, 2nd series
ArtistEdward Burne-Jones
Year1875 (1875)–78
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions99 cm × 76.3 cm (39 in × 30.0 in)
LocationBirmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Pygmalion and the Image is the second series of four oil paintings in the Pygmalion and Galatea series by the British Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones which was completed between 1875 and 1878. The two collections may be seen below, in the Gallery, the first being now owned by Lord Lloyd Webber, and the second housed at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. This article deals with an appraisal of the second series.