Untitled

Maker Unknown

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Date1861-1875

Mediumink on paper

Dimensions13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (34.3 x 24.1 cm.)

DescriptionThree lancets. Left shows St. Peter - bearded, resembling Morris - turned to right, book in right arm, keys in left hand, dressed in cope. Central lancet shows Christ on cross, surrounded by six angels - two kneeling with sun and moon above, under architectural canopy. Right lancet shows St. Paul holding sword over right shoulder, turned to viewer's left, holding scroll with seal in right hand. Quarry grounds. Names "S PETRUS" and "S PAULUS" below figures at right and left, scrolls below. Verso shows three lights sketched in pencil showing two figures in left and right, sketch of Christ on Cross in center.

Inscribedrecto upper center in graphite: "Town Malling town [this last word crossed out]"; recto upper right in graphite: "CD 34"; recto left side in graphite: "Virgin"; recto right side in graphite, same hand: "St John"; recto lower right in black ink: "Design for East WIndow Town Malling / Messrs Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co."

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1206