Saint Ursula; Saint Nicholas; Nativity; Christ Blessing Children

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass
St. Ursula; St. Nicholas; Nativity; Christ Blessing Children

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1868

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions10 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (27.6 x 19.1 cm.)

DescriptionTwo lights and tracery. Left light shows St. Ursula in blue lined with red over white, holding sword, with two children standing in front of her. Below, scene of the Nativity. Right light shows St. Nicholas in green cope lined with red, wearing mitre and carrying staff. Two babes standing in barrel in front of him. Below, scene of Christ blessing the children. Quarry grounds and six-foil above with seraph head and six wings. Name panels below figures. Verso shows sketch of overview of building (church?) interior.

Inscribedrecto left side in black ink: "S. Ursula 66 / S. Nicholas 60 / were used"; recto lower left in black ink: "S. John's / Tuebrook Liverpool"; recto lower center in black ink: "1/2" scale"; recto lower right in black ink: "The property of Morris & Co. / 26 Queen Square / Bloomsbury" [last two lines have been crossed out and written below, in a separate hand is "Merton Abbey Surrey"]; verso lower center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "1868"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1220