One of a number of studies in Birmingham's collection for the mourners who carry St Dorothea in the watercolour entitled 'Theophilus and the Angel'. Two versions of the painting were made, one was destroyed in the second world war (1863), the other (c.1866) was sold at Sotheby's in 2008.Burne-Jones appears to have been particularly absorbed in exploring the drapery and pose of the mourners as they carry the figure of St Dorothea.