Building of the Tower of Babel
Stained Glass Design
1857 (made)
1857 (made)
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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.
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.
Object details
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| Title | Building of the Tower of Babel (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and Indian ink |
| Brief description | 1 of 3 cartoons for stained glass in the west window of the Dining Hall, St Andrew's College, Bradfield, by Edward Burne-Jones, 1857. |
| Physical description | Design for a stained glass window |
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| Summary | 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. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1996. 384 p., ill. ISBN 0856674419 |
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| Accession number | E.1318-1970 |
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| Record created | January 8, 2004 |
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