Dies Domini, or Christ in Judgement designed for St Michael & St Mary Magdalene Easthampstead, Berks. It is the design BJ 204, for the rose window above the 3-light Last Judgement (BJ 247-8, BJ 203) of the chancel E-window. In the rose window the central circle is surrounded by six smaller circles containing angels (BJ 205-210). The window was designed for the widow of Arthur Hill the 5th Marquis of Downshire, who died in March 1874. Burne-Jones account books have entries in June 1874 and around April – June 1875. Two copies of the Dies Domini cartoon were worked up later as independent works – this pastel belonging to Lady Lever Gallery (obtained from Philip Burne-Jones’s sale in 1919) and one sold by the Earl of Carlisle in 1922, according to Sewter’s research. The Dies Domini design was used in many churches: 1875 Easthampstead St Michael & St Mary Magdalene, Berks 1890 Torquay St John (main circle only) 1896 Whiston St Nicholas, near Prescot Lancs (nave W-window) 1900 Mellor Methodist Chapel, near Blackburn Lancs (E-window) 1905 Matlock Bank, Derbys (E-window, a 6-foil) 1906 Newcastle, New South Wales (main circle only) 1906 Tillington (main circle only) 1914 Broughty Ferry St Stephen (N-transept, rose in N-wall) 1928 Oxton St Saviour, Birkenhead Cheshire (W-window) Copies of the Last Judgement cartoons were also later coloured and exhibited to the public at the Grovesnor Gallery in 1881. They were shown as part of Birmingham Museum’s ‘Hidden Burne-Jones’ exhibition.
Fitzwilliam work list : 1880 ...coloured in wax old design of Judgement Day Fitzwilliam Account book : 1875 April Easthampstead £120 In the 1919 Remaining works sale catalogue entry no 81 states " Dies Domini: Christ in the act of benediction descending on the wings of Angels: a design for a panel in the possession of the Earl of Carlisle Pastel, circular - 44 in diam. Sewter like many others is confused about which version was the coloured cartoon.