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The Golden Stairs

Edward Burne-Jones

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About this work

Artist: Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898)
Year: 1880
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 269.2 × 116.8 cm
Collection: Tate Britain, London
Movement: Pre-Raphaelite

Eighteen young women in pale classical robes, carrying cymbals, pipes, a violin and a trumpet, descend a curving golden staircase in a tall, narrow canvas, their bare feet and bowed heads making a single flowing rhythm from top to bottom. There is no story; Burne-Jones refused to explain it and the picture has been read as music, as a procession of souls or simply as a design. He worked on it from 1876 to 1880, drawing the figures from a lay model and from friends and daughters of his circle, including Frances Graham and May Morris. It was shown at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1880 and became one of the defining images of the Aesthetic movement. Lord Battersea bequeathed it to the Tate in 1924.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Print — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Golden Stairs in the public domain?

Yes. Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Tate Britain.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Golden Stairs painted, and in what medium?

The Golden Stairs dates from 1880 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 269.2 × 116.8 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Edward Burne-Jones's The Golden Stairs — The Golden Stairs — a procession of maidens in white descending a spiral stair with instruments — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. The Pre-Raphaelites, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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