Chancel East Window

Designerdesigned by William Morris (British, 1834 - 1896)

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

Designerdesigned by Ford Madox Brown (British, 1821 - 1893)

Designerdesigned by Philip Webb (British, 1831 - 1915)

Designerdesigned by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British, 1828 - 1882)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1864

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions14 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (37.8 x 26 cm.)

DescriptionFourteen large windows. The upper seven windows depict Christ and the prophets (St. Elizabeth, Anna Prophetessa, Mary Virgin, St. Mary Magdalene, Martha, Mary of Bethany, St. John Baptist, St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John Evangelist, St. Paul). The central panel shows Christ in majesty crowned with an orb. The three panels to his left and right are double tiered with images of the prophets. The lower seven windows depict the prophets of the old testament (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Solomon, Joseph of Nazareth, Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Elijah). The central image shows St. Peter with Agnus Dei below. The three panels to his left and right are double tiered.

Inscribedrecto lower right: "Design for Stained Glass for E. Window Bradford Ch./ Moris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co./ 8 Red Lion Sq. London"; lower left: "1/2" scale"; verso upper left: "Bradford"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Label TextThis design was for one of the earliest large-scale commissions to be received by the firm. The window consists of fourteen main panels and nearly three-dozen tracery panels. To emphasize the importance of the central panel, the firm has enlarged the figures of St. Peter in the lower tier and Christ in Majesty in the upper tier in contrast to the other saints. Philip Webb was largely responsible for the layout of these early commissions as well as for the geometric background pattern inspired by medieval precedent. The coloring of the windows was left to Morris, who aimed to achieve a jewel-like quality in the colored glass.

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.474