Saint Matthew; Saint Mark; Christ on the Cross; Saint Luke; Saint John

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

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

Designerdesigned by William Morris (British, 1834 - 1896)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

St. Matthew; St. Mark; Christ on the Cross; St. Luke; St. John
Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1868

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions12 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (31.1 x 24.8 cm.)

DescriptionFive lights and tracery - four quatrefoils of pattern-work interspersed between tops of lights, and above each of them two smaller tracery lights. First light (from left to right) shows St. Matthew wearing sandles, beardless and holding angel on arm, in blue over white; second light shows St. Mark in red over green, holding winged lion, facing right, with scroll around mane; third light shows Christ on cross/tree; fourth light shows St. Luke in blue over brown, holding winged bull, facing left, scroll under ching; fifth light shows St. John in white and red cloak over green, holding chalice. Quarry grounds, names on banners below them, narrow multi-colored leaf borders.

Inscribedrecto upper right in black ink: "SD 78"; recto lower left in brown ink: "Llandaff / David window"; recto lower right in brown ink: "The property of Morris & Company / 26 Queen Square Bloomsbury / London 4 Nov 1867" [last two lines crossed out in black ink and written below is "Merton Abbey Works / ' ' Surrey"; recto right side in graphite: "Holds an Eagle only"; verso upper left in graphite: "Llandarf"; verso lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "1868"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1217