St Nicholas and St Stephen
1865
Accession number: 1927P599
Pencil, brown and red chalk on Whatman paper.
Width: 108 mm
Height: 190 mm
Information
This is a design for stained glass produced by Morris & Co for the Church of St John the Evangelist, Torquay, Devon (1865). St Nicholas, wearing a cope and mitre, stands on the left, turned slightly to the right, with a nude child on his left arm, and holds a pastoral staff in his right hand. St Stephen, in dalmatic and wearing a maniple, stands on the right, holding a palm-branch in his left hand, and an open bopok is in his right hand, with the stones of his martyrdom on his head and right shoulder. It is interesting to note that St. Nicholas's feast day is Christmas, and St. Stephen's feast day is 26 December.This cartoon also appears in the Morris & Co Windows Book, 1940P604.2, as number 627.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| flowers | ||||
| Notes | bottom right | Handwritten | - | Pencil. written in the artist's hand |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Burne-Jones: A Record and Review | |||
| Malcolm Bell | 1892 | George Bell & Sons, London | p. 82 |
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons Ltd, Derby | p. 149 |
| The Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle | |||
| A Charles Sewter | 1975 | Yale University Press, New Haven | Vol. II: p. 188 |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| 2007 | Dan Giles, Ltd., London | p. 89 | |
Associated places
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Church of St John the Evangelist, Torquay, Devon | Made for |
Associated organisations
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Morris & Co | Realised by |
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