Patience; Peace

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. 1909

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions12 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (32.7 x 23.8 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass: two lancets and trefoil with red rose cener and white flowers surrounded by green leaves in three lobes. Left lancet shows Patience in patterned white over green and red, left hand at breast. Right lancet shows Peace in green and patterned white over orange and pink, dove on shoulders and holding a plate of apples.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: SOUTH GATE / Scale 1/2" = 1' recto lower right in black ink: RETURN TO MORRIS & CO. / MERTON ABBEY / Surrey recto right side in pencil: Latvia recto lower right in pencil by SB: 242-1909 verso center in pencil by SB: Southgate / Pg. 242 June 3, 1909 / Mr. Stokes / Mr. Titcomb / Mr. Watson / Mr. Knight verso lower center in pencil: Tennyson Holy Grail

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1379