Saint Stephen; Saint Alban; Saint Edmund

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

Designerdesigned by John Henry Dearle (British, 1860 - 1932)

Maker Morris and Company (London, British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

St. Stephen; St. Alban; St. Edmund
Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1924

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions10 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (27 x 16.2 cm.)

DescriptionThree lights and 5-foils above. Left panel shows St. Stephen in green over red earring a palm frond in right hand and censer in left. Central panel shows St. Alban in armor with a white and gold mantle holding a sword in right hand and cross-staff in left. The right panel shows St. Edmund in regal attire holding arrows in left hand and staff in right. ALl three are presented standing on grass with a blue curtain behind and stylized vines above and below. Their names appear in the vines below. Trefoil above shows a burning lamp. 5-foils show a soul led by a guardian angel and the sacrifice of Abraham. Verso shows sketches of scrolls.

Inscribedrecto lower center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "385-1924"; verso center in graphite: "Brighton College / 3/4"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 385 June 11, 1924 / Designed by Mr. Dearle / Mr. Seeley / Mr. Titcomb / Mr. Watson / Mr. Chadwick"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.952