After Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, After John Henry Dearle, By Morris & Co.
Virgin Mary (HD); Humility (BJ) stained glass design for Holy Trinity church, Rugby
Watercolour and ink on paper
Merton Abbey, London, England
Dimensions: 26.7 cm x 19.1 cm
Collection Categories
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. and Morris & Co., Stained Glass - Designs and sketches
Inscribed recto upper center: "3/ Trinity Chr. Rugby"; lower right: The Property of Morris & Co./ Merton Abbey/Surrey

Stained glass window design with two lancets with cusps and tracery for name scrolls. Left light shows the Virgin Mary in blue with hands clasped. THe right light shows the figure of Humility in red holding a sheep.

Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens - The Huntington
20/02/2024

This window is not in the church, and was perhaps never made.

Albert Charles (A. C.) Sewter
20/02/2024
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Morris & Co.
Sanford Lionel (Sandy) Berger 1999
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens - The Huntington 1999 - Present 2000.5.696 William Morris Collection
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
The Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle, 2 vols (1974 & 1975 - Catalogue) Albert Charles (A. C.) Sewter 1974
vol II p. 164
The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
Illus pl. XII between pp. 358-359 and pp. 3, 13, 15, 30, 31, 32, 33 and in the text pp. 71, 192, 203, 238, 256, 268, 329, 371, 425, 439, 449, 466 pp. 1-17, 20-24, 26-44, 47, 50, 52, 60-64, 41, 47-60, 62-66, 68-71, 75-95, 97, 111-116, 120-122, 124-132, 134-136, 140-141, 144-145, 147-150, 153-154, 156-168, 170, 172-177, 179-203, 205, 207-214, 216-224, 229-232, 234-235, 237-240, 242, 247-249, 251-252, 254-255, 257, 259-262, 264-265, 267, 266-276, 278-279, 281-287, 290-307, 309-317, 319-321, 323-350, 357-361, 363-384, 387-389, 398-400, 402, 405-416, 418-445, 451-462, 464-472, 478-481, 483, 485, 487-498, 500-501, 504-517, 522-523, 525-530, 534, 536