Hope standing on Despair
1865 – 1866
Accession number: 1927P533
Pen and ink with pencil over watercolour.
Width: 87 mm
Height: 275 mm
Information
This is one of three designs in Birmingham's collection for stained glass in Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge. Also used by Morris and Co. in a two-light window in Langham, Norfolk in 1898. Compositionally similar to the finished watercolour of 1872, 'Spes' or 'Hope' (now in the Art Gallery, Dunedin) and oil of 1894 (now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts), although the figure of Hope has no wings nor tramples Despair underfoot in the later versions.This cartoon appears in the Morris & Co Windows Book, 1940P604.1, as number 56.
- Bequeathed by James Richardson Holliday, 1927.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Sir Edward Burne-Jones | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | ||||
| Caption | reverse | Handwritten | - | caption. written in the artist's hand |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris & Co. in Cambridge | |||
| 56 | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge | 1980-09-30 - 1980-11-16 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons Ltd, Derby | p. 147 |
| Burne-Jones | |||
| Bill Waters, Martin Harrison | 1973 | Barrie & Jenkins, London | fig. 123 |
| The Stained Glass of William Morris & His Circle | |||
| A C Sewter | 1975 | Yale University Press, New Haven | Vol. I: fig. 242; Vol. II: p. 242 |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| 2007 | Dan Giles, Ltd., London | p. 87 | |
Associated places
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge | Made for |
| Langham Church, Norfolk | Made for |
Associated organisations
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Morris & Co | Realised by |
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