"love among the ruins" and "the garden of hesperides" were bought from the artist in 1873 by his patron the manchester businessman fredrick craven. "love among the ruins" was loaned for exhibition at the 1878 exposition universelle in paris, the inaugural exhibition at the birmingham museum and art gallery in 1885, the royal jubilee exhibition in manchester in 1887, and for exhibition at the guildhall, london and then at the burne-jones retrospective at the new gallery both in 1892.