Saint Mark

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

Designerdesigned by William Henry Knight (British, 1823 - 1863)

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

Additional Title(s)

St. Mark
Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1935

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions10 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (27.6 x 21.9 cm.)

DescriptionThree round-headed lights and tracery. Left and right lights show landscape foreground with waterfalls, sky and scrolls with text (scrolls cross all three windows). Central light shows St. Mark in red over blue, writing, winged lion above him. He is standing on floral turf, small cascading waterfalls down the front. Scroll reads "AND they went forth & preached everywhere the Lord working / with him / The Gospel of Saint Mark Chapter 16 verse 20".

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "ST. MARK'S CH. UTLEY KEIGHLEY YORKS."; recto lower left in black ink: "MORRIS & COMPANY LTD. / MERTON ABBEY."; recto lower right in black ink: "Scale 1/2" = 1' "; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "469-1935"; verso center in graphite: "Utley Keighley Yorks"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 469 Oct. 1935 / Mr. Simmons / Mr. Seeley"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1054