Bishops

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1891

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (29.8 x 24.1 cm.)

DescriptionTwo lights and tracery. Left light shows St. Clement in mitre and cope, holding crozier, in green over pink, anchor on ground at right. Right light shows St. Valentine in blue chasuble lined with green over white, wearing mitre, carrying cudgel and crozier. Blue scrolled grounds. White flower in small tracery lights above. Some rough sketches of robes at bottom of page. Also pencilled extensions of window lights.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "ILFORD / Hospital Chapel / Baptistry / Scale 1/2" = 1' "; recto lower right in black ink: "THE PROPERTY OF MORRIS & CO. / MERTON ABBEY / Surrey"; recto lower right in graphite: "Priest with / Chasuble"; recto lower left in graphite: "Bishop"; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "70-1891"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Ilford / Pg. 70 1891 / Designed by Mr. Burne-Jones / Mr. Bowman / Mr. Campfield / Mr. Stokes"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1266