A study for the Angels holding candles in The Achievement tapestry, they appear to be part of a procession which was not part of the final design. Maidens holding candles was a favourite motif which first appeared in 1864 in the wedding of the Prince and Princess in The Sleeping Beauty tile series and in the background of Venus Epithalamia 1870. Following the present drawing a maiden holding a candle appears in 1896 in the west window Manchester College Chapel, Oxford.