Saint Nicholas

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass
St. Nicholas

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1889

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions10 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (26.7 x 17.1 cm.)

DescriptionSingle lancet. Figure of St. Nicholas, set high up in lancet on plain quarry ground - wearing red lined with green over white, holding crozier and book. Sketch in pencil at left shows top of lancet opening inwards.

Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "Littlemore / Oxford / Noa"; recto upper right in graphite: "32"; recto upper right in black ink: "Littlemore Oxford"; recto lower left in black ink: "PROPERTY OF MORRIS & CO. / MERTON ABBEY / Surrey"; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "57-1889"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 57 April 1889 / Mr. Bowman / Mr. Campfield / Mr. Riviere"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1261