Faith

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. 1867

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions7 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. (19.4 x 13.3 cm.)

DescriptionRectangular panel showing background of thick green vine trellis. Figure of Faith with long yellow wearing patterned yellow robes, holding books in left hand and cup with serpent in right; red halo.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink and graphite: "Ballantynes Window"; recto lower left in brown ink: "Property of / Morris & Company / 26 Queen Square" [last two lines have been crossedout and written next to them in black ink is "Merton Abbey / Surrey"]; recto upper right in graphite: "Greenock / SD 74"; recto upper right in graphite: "16"; verso lower left in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Faith BJ 1867"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1216