Angels; Mary Virgin; Christ on the Cross; Saint John

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass
Angels; Mary Virgin; Christ on the Cross; St. John

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1895

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions13 7/8 x 10 in. (35.2 x 25.4 cm.)

DescriptionFive lights and tracery. Left light shows angel in pink over bluewith red wings holding scroll. Second light shows Mary Virgin in white over blue and red. Central light is taller and shows Christ on Cross as living tree, serpent at base, sun and moon above. Fourth light shows St. John in white over red. Fifth light shows angel in pink with red wings holding scroll. Below figures, in 1, 2, 4, and 5, 4-foils showing emblems of Evangelists (angel, lion, ox and eagle respectively). Beneath the central light, a scroll reading "HIC EST / [?] [?]" in graphite. Landscape backgrounds to central lights, blue behind emblems. Tracery lights show three 4-foils at top, two larger 5-foils at left and right of angels playing dulcimers. Smaller lights show seraph heads. Verso shows pencil sketches of different windows with decorative vine borders and sketch of vine.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "ACOCKS GREEN / ST. MARY'S CHURCH / Scale 1/2" = 1' "; recto lower right in black ink: "THE PROPERTY OF MORRIS & CO. / MERTON ABBEY / Surrey"; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "102-1895"; verso upper left in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Acocks Green / Pg. 102 Sept. 1895 Roll 38 / Mr. Veal / Mr. Walters / Mr. Stokes / Mr. Campfield / Mr. Cutting / Mr. Dearle / Mr. Wren"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1279