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EDWARD BURNE-JONES (1833-1898) AND WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896)
'The Poets' (Homer, Dante, Chaucer), Set of Three Early Windows, circa 1863
manufactured by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., London
leaded stained glass, oak frame
35 5/8 in. (90.5 cm.) high, 17 3/8 in. (44.2 cm.) wide (sight) (each)
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm.) wide, 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) deep (framed) (each)
each window inscribed with depicted poet's name Homerus Poeta, Dante Poeta, and Chaucer Poeta
Provenance
Commissioned by Charles Hastings for the Breakfast Room of 'Silsden' House, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, circa 1863.
Geoffrey Diner Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above, 2000.
Literature
A. C. Sewter, The Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle, Volume I, New Haven, 1974, n.p., ill. IV (for a related border design), no. 160 (for a related border design), no. 360 (for a related ‘Homer’ design), no. 613 (for a related ‘Dante’ and ‘Chaucer’ design).
A. C. Sewter, The Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle – A Catalogue, Volume II, New Haven, 1975, pp. 81 (for reference to no. 613, University of Glasgow ‘Dante’ and ‘Chaucer’ windows); 104, no. 5 (for a reference to no. 360, Victoria & Albert Museum ‘Homer’ window).
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