By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Left: Adam and Eve after the Fall, they stand for the necessity of labour; Middle: the destruction of the Tower of Babel, for the futility of merely human learning.; Right: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, for wisdom, stained glass design for the dining hall, St Andrew's College, Bradfield, Berkshire
Watercolour and Indian ink on paper
1857
Dimensions: 220.4 cm x 52 cm
Frame Dimensions: 229.5 x 61.5 x 35
Collection Categories
Stained Glass - Designs and sketches, Watercolour, Gouache, Vellum, Gold, Finished Works and tempera on Paper, Works on Paper / Vellum
Signed and dated: EBJ 1857, numbered: No. 508
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
James Powell and Sons (Whitefriars Glass Company) 1857-1970 cited in de Lisle 1904
Victoria and Albert Museum V&A (South Kensington Museum) 1970 - Present E.1318-1970, E.1319-1970, E.1320-1970 Acquired from Whitefriars Glass Ltd
Exhibition Catalogue no, Page no, Illustration no. Institution/Venue People From To
The Hogarth Club 1858 The Hogarth Club 1858 1858
Sir Edward Burne-Jones. a Catalogue of the Commemorative Exhibition, Fulham Library, London Borough of Hammersmith. October 21-November 11, 1967 The Tower of Babel ony cat no. 41 p. 14 Hammersmith & Fulham Archives and Library, London Borough of Hammersmith (h&f) October 1967 November 1967
Burne-Jones: [catalogue by W. S. Taylor, of an exhibition held at the] Mappin Art Gallery, Weston Park, Sheffield, from 23rd October to 28th November Cat. no. 22 Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield (Weston Park Museum)
October 1971 November 1971
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) cat no. 57 p. 33 (Adam and Eve after the fall only) The Hayward Gallery
November 1975 January 1976
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) cat no. 57 p. 33 (Adam and Eve after the fall only) Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums Trust)
March 1976 April 1976
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) cat no. 57 p. 33 (Adam and Eve after the fall only) Southampton City Art Gallery
January 1976 February 1976
William Morris Exhibition Victoria & Albert Museum 1996 Cat no H.2.b p 117 illus Victoria and Albert Museum V&A (South Kensington Museum)
May 1996 September 1996
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
Sir Edward Burne-Jones: A Record and Review, 4th edition, 1898 Malcolm Bell 1898
p. 74
Great Masters of Decorative Art Sir E Burne-Jones Bart. Aymer Vallance 1900
p 3 illus fig 2 and 3
Burne-Jones, Fortunée de Lisle Fortunée de Lisle 1904
p. 195
Sir Edward Burne-Jones. a Catalogue of the Commemorative Exhibition, Fulham Library, London Borough of Hammersmith. October 21-November 11, 1967 John Christian, Sanford Lionel (Sandy) Berger 1967
The Tower of Babel ony cat no. 41 p. 14
Source material: The Archive of the Whitefriars Studios John Gordon-Christian 1968
pp. 30-46
Artifex. Journal of the Crafts Volume 1, 1968 John Gordon-Christian 1968
p 35 illus p 39
Burne-Jones, Catalogue of the Exhibition held at the Mappin Art Gallery Sheffield from 23rd October to 28th November 1971 William S Taylor 1971
Cat. no. 22
Burne-Jones William Waters, Martin Harrison 1973
illus fig. 33
The Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle, 2 vols (1974 & 1975 - Catalogue) Albert Charles (A. C.) Sewter 1974
vol I p. 14; vol II p. 1
Burne-Jones: the paintings, graphic and decorative work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-98, Hayward Gallery, Southampton City Art Gallery, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery 1975-6 John Christian, Miss Penelope Marcus 1975
cat no. 57 p. 33 (Adam and Eve after the fall only)
William Morris: A Life for Our Time Fiona MacCarthy 1994
p. 173
William Morris, 1834-1896 Catalogue edited by Linda Parry. Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum V&A, London, May 9- September 1, 1996 Dr. Linda L. A. Parry 1996
Cat no H.2. a p 117 illus
The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
pp. 91, 543
Edward Burne-Jones - part 1, Art & Artists Paul Webb 2020
The Radical Vision of Edward Burne-Jones Dr. Andrea Wolk Rager 2022
illus fig. 2 p. 14