Adoration and Four Figures

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. 1898

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions14 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (36.2 x 31.1 cm.)

DescriptionSix lancets and tracery; St. James the Greater, St. Peter, Adoration of the Magi (two central lancets), Nativity, St. Paul, St. John - central pair have landscaped backgrunds; the other lancets with backgrounds of deep blue drapery, panels of scrolled foliage above and below, with scrolls in base panels inscribed with names in side lancets: Tracery: three minstrel angels in four-foils - other tracery with pattern-work in green.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "WEST HOUGHTON/ DIASY HILL/ St James Church/ Scale 1/2'= 1'"; lower right in black ink: "THE PROPERTY OF MORRIS & CO./ MERTON ABBEY/ Surrey"; in graphite by Sandy Berger: "132-1898"; verso in graphite: "£345 Westhoughton"; in graphite by Sandy Berger: "Pg. 132 Feb. 16, 1898/ Mr. Bowman/ Mr. Walters/ Mr. Stokes/ Mr. Brown/ Mr. Wren/ Mr. Campfield

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.717