The term 'cartoon', as used here, means a full-sized drawing for execution in another medium, in this case a tapestry. In this example, the drawing has been photographically enlarged and then over-painted. The scene shows the three Magi bringing their gifts to the Christ Child seated on the Virgin Mary's knee, with Joseph hovering in the background. The crown on the floor alludes to Christ's divine sovereignty. Its form was based on a 15th-century prototype: that worn by the Virgin Mary in Van Eyck's Adoration of the Lamb altarpiece in Ghent, which Burne-Jones had sketched. The background and the robes of the figures are plain, because William Morris was to add the ornamentation. Morris and Company wove the design for the chapel of Exeter College, Oxford. The tapestry cost £525.