Hope; Love; Faith

Designerdesigned by Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833 - 1898)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1920

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions12 1/2 x 9 in. (31.8 x 22.9 cm.)

DescriptionThree lights with three trefoils, three quatrefoils, showing seraphs with yellow wings, with smaller quatrefoil at center showing dove descending. Left light shows Hope in armor, blue tunic, white cloak, hands in prayer. Central light shows Christ in white over red - blue drapery behind, green patterned ground above. Right light shows Faith in tunic over armor, holding shield full of arrows and broken sword. All standing on tiled floors, Gothic canopies above, name scrolls below. Faith and Hope have red drapery behind them, with blue patterned ground above.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "SAPPERTON CH"; recto lower left in black ink same hand: "SCALE 3/4" = 1'"; recto lower right typed: "The property of;- / Messrs Morris & Co, / Merton Abbey, Surrey"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Sapperton"; verso center in graphite separate hand: "No 43"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.853