Temperance; 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. 1927

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (15.9 x 9.5 cm.)

DescriptionTwo lights and one quatrefoil of stylized flowers. Temperance is pouring water from a jug onto blue flames on ground in the left panel. She is wearing a red gown and has a blue halo. Faith is holding a lamp in right hand and has snake at her feet in the right panel. She is wearing blue and has red halo. Both figures are presented in front of quarries of grapes and vines with grass below.

Inscribedrecto lower center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "415-1927"; recto lower center in black ink: "Dev"; verso center in graphite: "Rugby School / 1" "; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 415 April 6, 1927"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.977