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in 1894. The oil painting measures 95.3 cm × 160 cm (37.5 in × 63.0 in). It is signed and dated, bottom right: "EBJ 1894". A hand-written note by Burne-Jones on the back of the painting reads: "This oil painting of ‘Love Among the Ruins’ is the same design as the one
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in London in May 1958 for 480 guineas, and it was acquired by Agnew's again. The original watercolour was auctioned again at
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