Charity; Faith; Christ as Sower; Hope; Liberty

Maker Unknown

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

Designerdesigned by John Henry Dearle (British, 1860 - 1932)

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

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1912

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions10 7/8 x 15 in. (27.6 x 38.1 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass: fiv elancets. Left to right first lancet shows Charity in golden armor with red and green cape - cutting corner of it with knife. Second lancet shows Faith in blue with purple sash, holding palm and cup with serpent. Third light shows Christ as sower in red, bag of seed around body. Fourth light shows Hope in green over blue, turned to left. Fifth light shows Liberty in red, holding red and green shaded wings. Square quarry grounds, name-scrolls above.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "RICHMOND FREE CHURCH. ORMONDE RD/ APSE/ WINDOWS/ Scale 3/4"=1" recto lower right in pencil by SB:" 277-1912" recto upper left in black ink, sep hand: "Charity." recto right side in pencil: "St George." verso upper left in pencil: "Richmond." verso pencil by SB: "Pg 277 Nov 28 1912/ Mr Titcomb/ Mr Stokes/ Mr Watson."

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1426