The term 'cartoon', as used here, means a full-sized drawing for execution in another medium, in this case stained glass. It was Burne-Jones's first design in the medium. It represents Christ as the Good Shepherd, bringing home lost sheep. It has some corrections pasted on and is numbered throughout with references for the colour of the glass. It was commissioned by James Powell and Sons of Whitefriars, the leading manufacturers of glass at the time, and became one of their standard designs. One version was used in the east window of the Congregational Church, King Street, Maidstone (1860-3), and another in St Patrick's Church, Trim, County Meath, Ireland (1869).
Physical description
Watercolour and indian ink with corrections pasted on.
Date
1857 (made)
Artist/maker
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (Sir), born 1833 - died 1898 (maker)
Materials and Techniques
Watercolour and ink
Marks and inscriptions
18 EBJ 57
Dimensions
Height: 128 cm, Width: 47.7 cm, Height: 150.3 cm Gilt frame, Width: 67.7 cm gilt frame, Depth: 2.8 cm gilt frame
Object history note
This, Burne-Jones's first cartoon for stained glass, became one of the standard designs of James Powell and Sons, The Whitefriars Glass Co. One version was used in the east window of the Congregational Church, King Street, Maidstone, 1860-62.
Descriptive line
Design for stained glass for the Congregational Church, Maidstone, by Edward Burne-Jones, 1857.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Fagence Cooper, Suzanne, Pre Raphaelite Art in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, V&A Publications, 2003. 176p., ill. ISBN I 85177 393 2
A. Vallance, 'The decorative art of Sir Edward Burne-Jones', Easter Art Annualm supplement to the Art Journal, London, 1900, p.2, repro. fig.1.
F De Lisle, Burne-Jones, London, 1904, p.32.
B Powell, 'The Whitefriars Glass Works', The Anglo-Swedish Review, London, Feb 1939, repro. p.41.
J Gordon-Christian, 'Source material: The archives of the Whitefriars Studios, London', Artifex, journal of the crafts, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1968, vol. I, pp.30-46, no.1, with repro.
Illustrated in A Liddel Armitage, Stained Glass, London 1967.
Colin Cruise Pre-Raphaelite Drawing London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-7093-0264-3
Exhibition History
The Poetry of Drawing: Pre Raphaelite Studies, Designs and Watercolours (The Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney) 17/06/2011-04/09/2011)
The Poetry of Drawing: Pre Raphaelite Studies, Designs and Watercolours (Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 29/01/2011-15/05/2011)
Subjects depicted
Plants; Sheep; Shepherd; Jesus Christ; Lantern
Categories
Christianity; Designs; Stained Glass
Collection code
PDP
