Fitzwilliam Account book 1868 (Before May) 7 cartoons S. Kensington 35. 0 .0 ... 7 S.K. Cartoons 35. 0. 0. A design for one of fourteen panels - signs of the Zodiac and Day and Night, for the Green Dining room in the South Kensington museum. Commissioned by Sir Henry Cole, Richard Redgrave and Captain Francis Fowke in 1866. The decoration of the Green Dining Room at the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A) was one the first major public commissions for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. The company was set up by William Morris (1834–96) with a group of fellow artists and designers. This commission was for an important public building. It was therefore vital in establishing the reputation of the business. The painted panels that were to be set into the upper part of the panelling that covered the lower part of the walls in the Dining Room. Although Burne-Jones drew the original designs, Morris & Co. employed several different painters to paint the panels. Morris was unhappy with the resulting variations of style. He had them all except one,repainted by Charles Fairfax Murray.
Dear Peter, It was stolen in 1994. As it is part of the fabric of the building, not a museum object, it is not inventoried as part of the paintings collections. I expect there will be pre-1970s black and white photos of the room in our archives that may show it. With best wishes, Julius