Angels; Saint Michael and Saint Raphael; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Ezekiel and Saint John the Baptist; Saint Alban and Saint Stephen; King Alfred and Saint Louis; Saint James Bishop of Jerusalem and Saint Augustine; Saint Cecilia and Saint Catherine

Designerdesigned by William Morris (British, 1834 - 1896)

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

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

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass
Angels; St. Michael and St. Raphael; St. Peter and St. Paul; Ezekiel and St. John the Baptist; St. Alban and St. Stephen; King Alfred and St. Louis; St. James Bishop of Jerusalem and St. Augustine; St. Cecilia and St. Catherine

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1867

Mediumgraphite on paper

Dimensions11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (29.8 x 20 cm.)

DescriptionFour lights and tracery, with two tiers of subjects in main lights. Top tier (from left to right): first light shows pair of angels in armor; second light shows St. Michael in armor, St. Raphael with wings; third light show St. Peter with keys and book, St. Paul with sword and open book; fourth light shows Ezekiel with staff and disc, St. John the Baptist with hair vest. Bottom tier (from left to right): first light shows St. Alban with palm and book, St. Stephen with stones and palm; second light shows King Alfred holding sceptre and flag, St. Louis with crown, sword and orb; third light shows St. James with staff and palm, St. Augustine with staff and church; fourth light shows St. Cecilia playing organ and St.Catherine with open book and sword. Line of towers and domes above the upper tier with a long inscription running in a band between the tiers, reading "CHERUBIM SERAPHIM / HOLY HOLY HOLY / LORD GOD OF SABAOTH / THE GLORIOUS COMING / THE GOODLY FOR [?] / THE NOBLE ARMY / OF MARTYRS PRAISE / THE HOLY CHURCH / THROUGHOUT ALL / THE WORLD" Tracery: quatrefoil at top center shows Christ in Majesty with upper space filled with heads of angels. The quatrefoil at top elft shows Angel holding blazing sun. The quatrefoil at top right shows angel with obscured moon. Triangular light at center shows seraph head with six crossed wings. Four 5-foils show angels with dulcimer, double-pipe, scroll and dulcimer.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "SD 86"; recto upper right in graphite: illegible comments; recto right side, comments in graphite indicating "blue sky" behind figures in upper and lower tiers, "wh" for text panels, "curtain of [?]" for figures and towers in upper tiers as "mainly white"; "ground of figures / ruby with white or yellow / roundels [?] and / angels in [?]"; recto lower right in graphite: "The property of Morris & Company / 26 Queen Square"; recto lower left in graphite: "24 Oct 67 / Bloxham"; verso upper left in graphite: "St Mary's Bloxham"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1218