Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., ARA, RWS, (British, 1833-1898)

Christ in the carpenter's shop; The Baptism of Christ: two designs for the stained glass of St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst each 40.5 x 32cm (15 15/16 x 12 5/8in).

Christ in the carpenter's shop; The Baptism of Christ: two designs for the stained glass of St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst
pencil, red and black crayon, heightened with white, shaped top
each 40.5 x 32cm (15 15/16 x 12 5/8in).
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Provenance
J S Maas & Co Ltd., 1962.
Private collection, UK.

The glory of Speldhurst is the Stained glass, by Morris & Co. ...how inventive and versatile Burne-Jones was in his early maturity!

(John Newman, West Kent and the Weald, 'Buildings of England' series, London, p. 542)

The present lot consists of two designs for the windows of St. Mary's, Speldhurst, conceived circa 1873 by Burne-Jones for Morris & Co. Speldhurst's original medieval church was destroyed by lightning in 1791; a second church, built shortly after, was entirely replaced by the current structure in 1870-1; the stained glass was installed over the following decade.

There is a design in black chalk for another of the windows in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum.