Enoch, King David, Christ, Solomon, Elijah, St Thomas, Caritas, St Michael, Justitia, and St Paul1874 Accession number: 1927P440 Pencil on two sheets of cream toned paper. Width: 373 Height: 387 InformationSewter identified these figures from Burne-Jones's account book. The top, from left to right are: Enoch; King David ('David Rex', in armour, playing his lyre); Christ Enthroned in Glory ('Salvator Mundi', see watercolour in Brooklyn Museum of Art, and stained glass window in East Hampstead and Calcutta Cathedral); Solomon (holding the Temple; see Tree of Jesse for identical depiction); Elijah the prophet (see stained glass window of same). The bottom lights from left to right are: St. Thomas; Charity (labelled by the artist); St. Michael weighing the souls of the dead (see Last Judgement cartoon in Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and window in East Hampstead); Justice (labelled by the artist); St. Paul.
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