Hope; Charity; Faith
Designerdesigned by
Edward Burne-Jones
(British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker
Morris and Company
(British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1913
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions10 x 8 3/4 in. (25.4 x 22.2 cm.)
DescriptionDesign for stained glass. Three lancets and tracery - left lancet shows Hope with hands in prayer, in red clock over armor; central lancet shows Charity giving aid to a seated figure, right is Faith, holding shield and spear in armor. Two minstrel angels in tracery, with four seraph heads with red wings.
Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "BARTON CH./ Scale 1/2"=1'";
left side in graphite: "Fruit and flowers";
right side in graphite: "these may be ___ ___/ ___ ___";
"names of figures";
lower right in black ink: "RETURN TO MORRIS & CO./ MERTON ABBEY/ Surrey";
in graphite by Sandy Berger: "282-1913";
under window in graphite by the same hand as others: "Hope Charity Faith";
verso in graphite not by Sandy Berger: "Barton";
in graphite by Sandy Berger: "Pg. 282 June 6, 1913 Roll 237/ Mr. Stokes/ Mr. Titcomb/ Mr. Edge/ Mr. Watson/ Mr. Knight/ Mr. Stokes";
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.783
Edward Burne-Jones
1899
Object number: 2000.5.653
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1893
Object number: 2000.5.478
Unknown
ca. 1903
Object number: 2000.5.1342
