Flora

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

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1927

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

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

DescriptionThree lights and tracery. Left and right panels have a background of climbing rose with a shield. The left shield is red and white with a bird; the right is blue and white with gold symbols. Flora is standing on top of the vine in the central panel. She is wearing blue and red and holding flowers in both hands and has a wreath on her head and waist. The tracery shows a series of birds on branches.

Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite(?): "GSTONE CH"; recto upper right in graphite: "NAVE WINDOW"; recto lower left in black ink: "in sweet remembrance ____ at _____"; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "412-1927"; verso center in graphite: "Farthingstone"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 412 Feb. 16, 1927 / Mr. Chadwick / Mr. Seeley"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.973