Four Figure Windows; Christ on Cross; Adam & Eve; Sacrifices of Abel; Abraham and Noah

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

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1872

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (28.6 x 21 cm.)

DescriptionFive lights and tracery - three trefoils above showing sacrifice of Abel (two figures kneeling before smoking altar, sheep to left), Sacrifice of Abraham (boy Isaac bearing wood) and Sacrifice of Noah (four figures kneeling by smoking altar, rainbow above). Two smaller tracery lights of minstrel angels with organ at left and lunette dulcimer at right. Subjects in two tiers in main lights. First light shows Melchisedek in brown over white holding chalice and below, Abel in green with shepherd's crook. Second light shows Aaron in blue and pnk over green, holding censer, and below, Enoch in red over green, hands in prayer. Central light shows Christ on Cross flanked by six angels, three above. Fourth light shows Samuel in blue and pink holding horn, and below, Noah in red over pink holding ark. Fifth light shows Zacharius in green and gold over white, holding censer, and below, Abraham, boy Isaac grasping his robes, Abraham holding a knife. He is in dark over light green.

Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "Angels or / symbols of the / Passion / Note the cross / in the tracery [illegible] / window / than it is / here"; recto right side in graphite: "71 / too much / [illegible]"; recto lower left in brown ink: "Leigh, Stafford / West Window / Oct. 5th 1872"; recto lower right in brown ink: "The property of Morris & Company / 26 Queen Sqr. Bloomsbury"; verso upper left in graphite: "Leigh / Stafford" Another page shows outlines of the windows, marking panels and tracery as either "same" or "Different". The three trefoils are marked "Different". The five lights, each divided into two panels are marked as follows, from left to right: "same - Different - [blank] - same - same Different - Different - a - Different - almost different the attitude same"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1236