Horace (65 - 8 BC)
Morris & Co.
Category
Stained glass
Date
1870
Materials
Stained glass
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288926
Summary
Stained glass panel, Horace (65 - 8 BC) by Morris and Co. 1870. The figure of Horace standing on a rectangle of grass and plant forms, writing in a book. Above the figure a scroll containing; 'qhoratius flacus poeta': Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 BC – 8 BC). Against a background of Morris' grisaille rectangles.
Provenance
Thomas Wardle collection.
Makers and roles
Morris & Co., artist Morris & Co., designer Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (Birmingham 1833 - London 1898) , artist