Virgin and Child; Saint Nicholas

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass
Virgin and Child; St. Nicholas

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1882

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions7 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (19.1 x 10.5 cm.)

DescriptionTwo lights and trefoil. Left light shows Virgin in white, yellow and red holding Christ Child. Right light shows St. Nicholas in patterned white cope with red lining, holding child and crozier, wearing mitre. Blue drapery backgrounds, quarries above and below and quarries fill trefoil.

Inscribedrecto upper right in black ink: "WELTON-CHURCH / BAPTIST - WINDOW / HALF-INCH-SCALE"; recto lower left in black ink: "Morris & Co. / Merton Abbey / Surrey"; recto lower right in black ink, last three lines crossed out: "The property of Morris & Company / 26 Queen Square / London W.6"; recto right side in graphite by Sanford Berger: "33-1882"; verso lower center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 33 May 1882 / Mr. Bowman / Mr. Dearle / Mr. Pozzi / Mr. Singleton"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1241