Saint James

Maker Unknown

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

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

Additional Title(s)

St. James
Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1909

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions10 x 8 1/2 in. (25.4 x 21.6 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass: single light. Figure of St James in white over green with pink sash, holding crook and bottle. Blue drapery background and red patterned ground above. Bottom panel which showed scrolled foliage has been partially whited out and partly filled with brown watercolor.

Inscribedrecto upper right in pencil: "41" recto upper right in pencil in sep hand: "No 2 South" recto right side of light in paint: "this upper part/ may be foliage if preferred" recto right side of light in black ink, sep hand: "yes keep the green/ foliation/ RFB ?" recto right side of light in pencil: "name" recto lower right in pencil : "RETURN TO MORRIS + Co/ MERTON ABBEY/ Surrey." recto lower right in black ink: "240-1909" recto uppr left in black ink: 'Wonston Church/ HANTS/ Scale 1/2 '= 1" recto left side of light in pencil, sep hand: "James/ to be/ reversed." verso pencil sketch of choir, numbered "1" and "2" on North + South sides + inside "NW" + "NE" + "SW" + "SE" beside the 1 + 2. verso lower left in pencil by SB: "pg 240 march 15 1909."

MarkingsPencil sketch of choir, numbered "1" and "2" on North and South sides and inside "NW" and "NE" and "SW" and "SE" beside the "1" and "2".

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1375