By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Christ in Majesty stained glass design for the church of Holy Cross and St Lawrence, Waltham Abbey, Essex
Watercolour and ink on paper
1860
Diameter: 131 cms
Collection Categories
Stained Glass - Designs and sketches, Watercolour, Gouache, Vellum, Gold, Finished Works and tempera on Paper, Works on Paper / Vellum

For James Powell & Son, Whitefriars. Stained glass design for Holy Cross and St Lawrence Church, Waltham Abbey, Essex. The east end was remodelled by William Burges in 1859-60. Sir Edward Poynter was responsible for the painted ceiling and Henry Holiday contributed some stained glass also. These are the last cartoons that Burne-Jones made for Powells.

Victoria and Albert Museum V&A (South Kensington Museum)
28/11/2020
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
James Powell and Sons (Whitefriars Glass Company) 1970
Victoria and Albert Museum V&A (South Kensington Museum) 1970 - Present E.1321-1970 Acquired from Whitefriars Glass Ltd
Exhibition Catalogue no, Page no, Illustration no. Institution/Venue People From To
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. 21 Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield (Weston Park Museum)
October 1971 November 1971
William Morris Exhibition Victoria & Albert Museum 1996 Cat no H.3.a p 118 illus Victoria and Albert Museum V&A (South Kensington Museum)
May 1996 September 1996
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
Source material: The Archive of the Whitefriars Studios John Gordon-Christian 1968
pp. 30-46
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. 21
The Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle, 2 vols (1974 & 1975 - Catalogue) Albert Charles (A. C.) Sewter 1974
vol I pls.I (colour), 27 vol II p. 3
William Morris: A Life for Our Time Fiona MacCarthy 1994
pp. 51-52, 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.3.a p 118 illus
The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
Illus pl. XXII between pp. 358-359 and pls. 3, 13, 15, 30, 31, 32, 33 between pp. 486-487 and in the text pp. 71, 180, 192, 203, 238, 256, 268, 329, 371, 425, 439, 449, 466 pp. 1-17, 21-24, 29-31, 36-55, 58-64, 70, 76-81, 84-85, 87, 90-91, 94, 96-110, 112-116, 120-121, 124-132, 134-150, 153-154, 156-168, 170, 172-177, 179-203, 205, 207-214, 216-232, 234-235, 237-239, 242, 244, 249, 251-252, 254-255, 257, 259-262, 264-269, 270-276, 278-279, 281-307, 309-317, 319-321, 323-347, 357-361, 363-383, 385, 387-389, 395, 398-400, 402-416, 418-429, 430-445, 451-462, 464-472, 478-481, 483, 485, 487-489, 491-498, 500-501, 504-517, 522-523, 525-530, 534, 536
Edward Burne-Jones - part 1, Art & Artists Paul Webb 2020