Virgin and Child; Christ on the Cross; Ascension

Maker Unknown, British, 20th Century

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

Designerdesigned by William Morris (British, 1834 - 1896)

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1915

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions9 1/4 x 6 5/8 in. (23.5 x 16.8 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass. Three lancets and tracery. Left lancet shows Virgin and child seated on straw under thatched hut - angel with star above; central lancet shows Christ on cross as living tree, serpent at its base, or angel on either side; right lancet shows Ascension - Christ in sky surrounded by seraph heads with red wings - below two angels with blue wings. Tracery- three quatrefoils at top left to right show seraph heads with blue wings; central shows dove descending. Six panels of minstrel and praying angels.

Inscribedrecto lower right in graphite by Sandy Berger: "298-1915"; verso in graphite not by Sandy Berger: "Cheadle/ Chapel Royal./ (W. Window)/ 3/4"; in graphite by Sandy Berger: "Pg. 298 Jan. 8, 1915/ Mr. Stokes/ Mr. Titcomb/ Mr. Watson"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.800