Manchester New College East Window
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1860 - 1890
Materials
Measurements
345 x 245 mm
Order this imageCollection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1290901
Summary
Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, Manchester New College East Window by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co.(Morris & Co.) (1861-1940); after William Morris (Walthamstow 1834 - Hammersmith 1896) and possibly Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (Birmingham 1833 - London 1898), circa 1860 - 1890. Inscribed 'Manchester New College, Oxford. East Window Scale 1/2"=1' The property of Morris & Co Merton Abbey Surrey'. A stained glass window design for the East Window of Manchester New College, Oxford. Five lights each depicting a saint, with a banner, a smaller group portrait scene and diamond and circular detail beneath. Tracery above the five lights with two trefoils, curved triangles, and a large quatrefoil in the centre with circular detail of group scene depicted. Drawn at a scale of 1/2 = 1. The figures were likely designed by the studio of Burne-Jones; the backgrounds and foliage were designed by Morris.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust in 1943 following a visit by Sir Geoffrey Mander to the dealer Mr H Burg.
Makers and roles
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. , artist