Dorcas, or Mercy

Maker Unknown

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. 1901

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions7 x 4 3/8 in. (17.8 x 11.1 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass: single light. Figure of Dorcas, Mercy in red, standing, offering cloak to fallen woman seated before her in blue rags. Landscape background with evening sky. Multicolored vine border- below main panel, scrolled foliage and coat of arms (red) with scales on it. Scroll at top of border.

InscribedInscribed on recto at lower left in graphite: Scale 1/2 " =1' Inscribed on recto at lower left in black ink by the same hand: Morris + Co./ Merton Inscribed on verso at ? in graphite: DUMFRIES/ 1/2 / 3/4[ crossed out] Inscribed on verso at ? in graphite by Sandford Berger: 1901?

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1327