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Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley - Enlarge image
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
- Object:
Design
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, UK (made)
- Date:
1857 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (Sir), born 1833 - died 1898 (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Watercolour and Indian ink
- Museum number:
E.1320-1970
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This is one of three designs that the artist Burne-Jones produced for a stained-glass window. Each shows a scene from the Old Testament part of the Bible: Adam and Eve after the Fall, Building the Tower of Babel and King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
The window was for the Dining Hall at St Andrew's College at Bradfield in Berkshire. We do not know how this commission came about, but there were various family and business connections between the staff of the college and William Morris and Burne-Jones. Morris is alleged to have helped Burne-Jones with the design. He was the model for the figure of Adam in the first panel.
