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. 1867
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions7 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. (19.4 x 13.3 cm.)
DescriptionRectangular panel showing background of thick green vine trellis. Figure of Faith with long yellow wearing patterned yellow robes, holding books in left hand and cup with serpent in right; red halo.
Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink and graphite: "Ballantynes Window";
recto lower left in brown ink: "Property of / Morris & Company / 26 Queen Square" [last two lines have been crossedout and written next to them in black ink is "Merton Abbey / Surrey"];
recto upper right in graphite: "Greenock / SD 74";
recto upper right in graphite: "16";
verso lower left in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Faith BJ 1867"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1216
Edward Burne-Jones
1898
Object number: 2000.5.530.2
