Ezekiel; Saint John the Baptist

Designerdesigned by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British, 1828 - 1882)

Designerdesigned by William Morris (British, 1834 - 1896)

Designerdesigned by Philip Webb (British, 1831 - 1915)

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

Additional Title(s)

Ezekiel; St. John the Baptist
Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1863

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (24.1 x 14.6 cm.) mount (board): 9 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (24.1 x 32.7 cm.)

DescriptionTwo lancets and 4-foil encompassing red circle with small head at its center. Left lancet show Ezekiel in green and yellow over white, holding red staff - bearded. Right lancet shows St. John wearing hair vest and cloak, holding rod an dgolden bowl. Figures set against blue backgrounds, under architectural canopies in red, blue, green, yellow and white, panels below containing a shield and crest.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "scale 1" to a foot"; recto lower right in black ink: "Design for Stained Glass for window in Banstead Ch / Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. / 8 Red Lion Sq. London"; recto upper right in graphite: "SD 41"; recto right side in graphite: "[?] stands / once a [?] / Sutton Station"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1211