Faith; Charity; Hope

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

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

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1883

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions3 3/8 x 4 in. (8.6 x 10.2 cm.)

DescriptionThree lights and tracery (two trefoils). All the figures robed in white with gold patterning; drapery backgrounds patterned with pale gold; foregrounds of reddish tiles. Details of Faith are picked out in green, of Charity in very pale pink and gold, of Hope in green and blue. Above the drapery backgrounds, instead of the more usual quarries or foliage, a wall with daisies and other flowers growing between the stones. (Description from Sewter, p. 90)

Inscribedrecto lower right: "The Property of Morris & / Merton Abb" [cut off]; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "36-1883"; verso center: "Harrowweald All Hallows / 1/2"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg 36 / April 1883 / Mr. Dearle / Mr. Bowman / Mr. Stokes"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.57