Saint Christopher; Saint Francis

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

Designerdesigned by John Henry Dearle (British, 1860 - 1932)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass
St. Christopher; St. Francis

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1923

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions8 7/8 x 5 in. (22.5 x 12.7 cm.)

DescriptionTwo lights and quatrefoil. Left panel shows a young St. Christopher with a child on left shoulder standing in a stream. He is holding a stick and wearing a red tunic. The right panel shows St. Francis in monk's garments with a bird eating out of his left hand and birds above and below him. Both figures are in a landscape setting. This angel in the quatrefoil above is playing a dulcimer.

Inscribedrecto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "380-1923"; verso center in graphite: "Brighton Coll / 1' "; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 380 Nov. 24, 1923 / Designed by Mr. Dearle / Mr. Seeley / Mr. Chadwick"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.950