After Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898) and John Henry Dearle (1895-1932) For Morris & Co.

A Stained, Painted and Leaded Glass Window Light Saint Margaret of Antioch, standing figure, palm in left hand, eyes lowered, dragon at feet, daisies on dress, blue drapery background, square quarries above, coloured rose and crown borders, 68cm wide, 138cm high

The design of Saint Margaret of Antioch trampling the dragon was created by Edward Burne-Jones in September 1881 for Saint Peter's Church, Bramley, West Yorkshire. It is referred to in the Morris & Co Catalogue of Designs for Stained Glass dated 8 April 1896 as BJ 418. Further versions of the window were then also produced for:

Whitelands College, Putney (1887)

All Saints, Dedworth, Berkshire (1888)

All Saints, Putney (1890)

Albion Congregational Church, Ashton-under-Lyne (1893)

St Etheldreda, Hatfield (1894)

Rottingdean (1894)

Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, Chelsea (1894/95)

Tabley (1897)

Whiston (1898)

St Margaret, Hopton-on-Sea (1903)

St James, Staveley (1907)

Southgate (1909)

Liverpool (Ullet Road, reversed) (1914)

Conwy (1915)

Cheviot, New Zealand (1928)

Higher Bedington (1937)

A version of this window is found as a watercolour at The Huntington Library, described as three rectangular lights. Left light shows St.Margaret in yellow over red, holding palm, dragon at her feet. Central light shows St.Hilda in blue over white with yellow pattern, holding crook and reading from book. Right light shows St.Helena in patterned white and yellow over red, holding long wooden cross, wearing crown. Left and right lights have blue drapery backgrounds and central light has red drapery background - square quarries above. Coloured floral and crown borders. Inscribed recto upper left in graphite: "Lady Chapel (centre light completed); recto lower left in black ink: "Scale 3/4" = 1 foot"; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "452-1931 453-1932"; verso center in graphite; "Chapel/cetre completed"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Winnipeg - All Sts.Church/Center Pg.452-1931/Sidelights Pg. 453-1932"

Described in Sewter (A.C) Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle, Yale University Press,1975, page 217:

WINNIPEG, Manitoba All Saints, Osborne

1931. Single Lt.

ST HILDA (Salome, BJ 364).

Doc. The entry in the Catalogue of Designs names the glass-painters as follows: figure by Seeley; curtain and quarry back-grounds, rose and crown border, scroll label and inscription by Chadwick.

Prep. See following window.

1932. 2 side Lts in 3 Lts window.

L ST MARGARET.

R ST HELENA.

Doc. The entry in the Catalogue of Designs names the painter of the figures, curtain and quarry backgrounds, rose and crown borders, and scroll labels as Chadwick.

Prep. The sketch-design in Mr S.L.Berger's collection shows Sts Margaret, Hilda and Helena in a window of 3 rectangular Lts, forming a connected composition.

All Saints Church, Winnipeg has the original 1931/2 St.Hilda window light, which stands centrally to two later window lights, namely St Mary of Bethany on the left and St.Anne on the right.

Also see Sewter (A.C) Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle, Yale University Press,1975, page 278 Burne-Jones cartoon for St Ursula, ca. 1868 Birmingham City Art Gallery.