A check-list of designs forstained glass by Ford MadoxBrown

by A. C. Sewter

IN spite of thefactthat Ford Madox Brown is of course recognisedas one of the most important arusts of the Pre-Raphaelite move­ment, and although he is known to have been among the majorcontributors of designs for stained glass to the Morris finn, noproper list of the windows designed by him has ever been compiled.The standard biography of him by Ford Madox Hueffer, publishedin 1896, did indeed include, as 'Appendix C, a series of extractsfrom Madox Brown's account-book with the finn of Morris, Mar­shall, Faulkner & Co., for whom all but one of his stained glassdesigns were made; but most of the entries give no indication ofthe places for which the windows were destined, and a numberof entries in fact refer to designs for tiles and not for stained glass.Hueffer himself realised that the list was incomplete, and men­tioned in a footnote four cartoons then in his own possession,which he had not found entries for in the account-book, thoughone of them is in fact included. Eliminating the designs whichare not connected with glass, Hueffer's list totals 106 items; buthis estimate of the number of cartoons for glass designed byMadox Brown was about 150. This figure is, I think, too high.My own researches reveal a total of 123 designs. Of these, six re­main unidentified - that is to say, I do not know the whereaboutsof any windows made from them.

When the Morris finn was founded in 1861, Madox Brown,although already a mature arust of forty years of age, was relativelyinexperienced in the art of designing for stained glass. He had,prior to that date, only produced the single design of 'The T rans­figuration' for Messrs. Powell & Sons, in 1857. It is not altogethersurprising, therefore, that one or two of his earliest cartoons, such

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as the 'Gideon' for Scarborough and the 'Archangels Michaeland Uriel' for Brighton, show little sign of his real artistic per­sonality. He gave very careful thought to the special demandsof the medium, however, and came to the conclusion that whatwas required above all, was 'invention, expression and gooddramatic action'. These are undoubtedly the keynotes of his ownmost characteristic designs, together with a fondness for realisticdetails. That Brown's special gifts for heightened emotional ex­pression were rccognised by Morris is attested by his assigning tohim such subjccts as 'Christ carrying the Cross', 'The Entomb­ment', 'The Scourging at the Pillar', and 'The Agony in theGarden'. Occasionally, however, Brown's fondness for the dram­atic carried him to an excess which made his figures tend to lookfrenzied, as with the Isoude in 'The Death of Sir Tristram' and'Christ's Charge to Se. Peter' making them difficult to combinewith designs by Burne-Jones in large windows such as that atTroutbeck in Cumberland. The most successful examples of suchwindows, combining designs by Madox Brown with others byBurne-Jones, are to be found at Meole Brace, Shropshire. AtJesus College Chapel, Cambridge, Morris avoided mixing smallpanels by his two collaborators; and in thc chancel east windowat Haltwhistlc, orthumberland, Madox Brown's small scenes of'Abraham's Sacrifice', 'The Worship of the Brazen Serpent', and'Christ carrying the Cross', are separated with great advantagefrom Burnc-Jones's large figures of 'Christ on thc Cross' and'The Virgin and St. John', by panels of round glass.

From 1863, when he designed the series of patriarchs and saintsfor the east window at Bradford Parish Church (now split intothrce windows in the Lady Chapel of the Cathedral), MadoxBrown's distinctive personality is no less apparent in his singlefigure cartoons than in his small scenes. The Abraham, Isaac, andSt. John Evangelist, all have a certain intensity which is quitedifferent from the figures of Burne-Jones or Rossetti. Even moretypical are the two little bare-legged hoys, the young Isaac cling­ing to his father's belt, and the boy John wrapped in the pro­tecting arms of his mother Elizabeth. Already, too, one maynotice Madox Brown's odd predilection for slightly eccentriccostumes, espccially in the jerkin and puffed sleeves of JohnEvangelist, the fur-trimmed robe of Isaac, and the prominentlydisplayed boots or sandals worn by all the men.

The later large single figures designed for the hall at Peter­house, Cambridge, are of rather uneven quality. The best of them

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are those in the bay window, especially the Homer, Aristotleand Cicero, in which the draperies fall with a simplicity that israre with him. The Thomas Gray, Grafton and Cavendish havea restless irregularity of outline that is more than a little disturb­ing, and something of the same fault is visible in the 'GoodShepherd' window at Flockton, near Wakefield. The WaterfordSt. Phi lip, on the other hand, is one of the most memorable of allthe artist's individual figures. Equally the Saints Simon and ]udeat L1andaff, the old St. Anne and Simeon at Knaresborough, arecertainly among the finest figures in all nineteenth centurystained glass.

The check-list which follows is arranged in alphabetical order of subject.with brief descriptions and an indication of the whereabouts of the originalcartoons when these are in public collections or have been recently ex­hibited. No atcempr has been made to trace the cartoons in all cases;ncvcrrhcless, I should be grateful for information 3S to the present owner­ship of other cartoons. The second column of the list records the m­dentificarion numbers used in a MS index compiled by the late H. C.Marillier, last managing director of J\1orris & Co., which is now in thelibrary of the City Art Gallery at Birmingham. The numbers prefixedby the letter R. indicate that the cartoon was reproduced in the albumpublished in 1895 by the Autotyec Company, from originals then in thepossession of Harold Rathbone. fhe third column gives the date whenthe cartoon was drawn. these dates being mostly stated on the authority ofHuetfcr's extracts from the account-book. The final column indicates,firstly, the place for which the design was originally commissioned(in italics), and then other places where the design was used, with dates.

ABRAHAM & ISAAC. boy clinging 3~

ro farher's robe. (R. r)

ABRAHAM, Sacrifice of. Isaacbearing wood, Abraham layingpyre.ADAM, tickling a bear with his 38ahis foot. (Cartoon. Ashmole:mMuseum, Oxford).ADAM. to right. his left foot 109upon pointed spade.ADAM & EVE, Adam with left 493arm over head and rig-ht heldout, Eve with long 'hair, treeand coiled serpent between.

March186)

Jan.1872

Juner5186,Marchr864186)

BTadfOTd CalhedTalCambridge (All Saints) ,866Cardiff (Saint John Baprisr)

1869Leigh (Staffs.) 1874T amworrh (Saint Edirha)

1874H altwhisrle

SeaThoTough (Sainr Marcin's)

Middleton Cheney

RodbourneMeolc Brace 1870

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ADAM &. EVE, The Expulsion 44" 1869 Meole Bracefrom P3radise. (Cartoon repro.Note on the Morris StainedGlan Work opp. p. 7).AGONY IN TIiE GARDEN', disciples 215a Aug. Cambridge (Jesus College)asleep, Angcl with cup in top 1872 Newport (Salop.) 1874right corner. Saugerries (USA) 1874ALFRED, King, with harp in 222a March Cheddletonleft arm, holding out cake. 1864ANDREW, Saint, with palm and 1864 Bradford Cathedralsmall X-cross. Guernsey (Saint Stephen's)

1870

ANDREW. Saint. full-face. look- 1870 Westminster (Savoy Chapel)ing up, holdin9 behind him a (destroyed)large cross an on it a palm Aldedey Edge (Saint Philip's)br3nch. 1874

Brown Edge 1874Marple 1870

ANNA PROPHESYING, on left, May Knaresboroughbefore altar, with Joseph and 1873Virgin carrying babe.ANNE, Saint, carrying rose in 57a 1868 Middleton Cheney (notvase, and book in left hand. (R·7) carried out until 1880)(Called by Rathbone 'The Coddington (Notts.) 1881Mother of St. John the Dedworth 1873Baprist'). rlockton 1873

Leeds (Saint Saviour's) c.1872

ANNE, Saint, to left, young, in 1872 Knaresborougbwhite head-dress and amplecloak, holding bottle in righthand.

ARISTOTLE, with chameleon. 2023 Nov. Cambridge (Peterhouse)1870

BACON, Francis, in puffed 2°53 Nov. Cambridge (Peterhouse)trunks and hat, with torch 1870and book.

BA~ON, Roger, looking at 2043 Oct. Cambridge (Peterhouse)pnsm. 1870

BALSHAM. Hugo de. with R.15 1869 Cambridge (Peterhouse)crozier and sealed scroll.(Cartoon, Walker Arr Galley,Liverpool).

BALSHAM, Hugo de, with model May Cambridge (Peterhouse)of college. 187 1

BEAUFORT. Cardinal. July Cambridge (Peterhouse)187'

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CAVENDtSH. Henry. carrying apiece of apparatus.OiARLEMAGNE, standing tofront, legs apart, with drawnsword, and orb.CHRIST & SAINT MARY

MAGDALENE, water-pot, spadeand apple-tree on left, castlewalls behind.CHRIST BEAIUNG nlE CROSS, to 433

left, with the Virgin and (21 Ba)Mary Magdalene kneeling onleft, and soldier pushing cross.CHRIST BLESSING LITTLE 333

CHILDREN. (Cartoon, Birming- (R.B)ham City Art Gallery, HO'27).CHRiST HEALING THE WOMAN

Wlnl AN ISSUE OF" BLOOD.

CHRIST LAID IN THE SEPULO-lRE,

Saint John at head, 3 figuresbehind; another kneeling toleft. (Original drawing, Birm­ingham City Art Gallery 27'(6)CHRIST ON THE CROSS, wlth the 293

Virgin and Saint John joining (R.ro)hands across. (Cartoon cepra.Note on the Morris StainedGlass Work, opp. p. 6).CHRIST SCOURGED at the Pillar, R·9gaol~r with whip right, soldierleamng on spear left.CHRIST STILLING THE WAVES, 2133

on a ship in a storm, withRoman soldier and others.

BRAZEN SERPENT, J\1oscs point­ing left, group with twistedserpents round cross.CAIN &. ABEL, The Sacrifice of. soa

March1872

IB66

May1872

MarchIB64

Jan.1872

Oct.IB62

Aug.18731865

IB61/2

Aug.1872

Aug.IB64

H altwbistle

CheddletonMeolc Brace 1870.Middleron Cheney e. IB68Cambridge (Pererhouse)

Cheddleton

Cambridge (Jesus College)

HaltwbistleCambridge (Jesus College)

IB7lNewport (Salop) IB74CranbomeSunderland IB6S

Vent720r (Royal arionalHospital Chapel)

Gatcombe

SelsleyScarborough 1862

Cambridge (Jesus College)

Not identified

CHRIST WALKING O~ THE WATER, 2I93

Saint Peter sinking. (Cartoonin possession of IVlrs. RodericO'Conor, exhibited Liverpool.2964. no. B4)·CHRIST WATOUNG DISCIPLES IN 1433

A STORM, Christ on mountain,with sun on left, moon right.

Aug.IB64

SculthorpeLlandalf CathedrallB74

SCIllthorpe

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2033 Nov. Cambridge (Peterhousel1870

226a March Cheddleton1864Dec. Cambridge (Peterhouse)187 1

Jan. Cambridge (Peterhouse)1872

R·4 1866 Not identified

ClCERO, with scroll.

CONSTANTINE, with hoodedtoga, holding our wreath.eOSIN, John; wearing mitre

and carrying crozier andbook.CRASHAW, Richard, book openin right hand, palette andmahlsock in left.DAVID &. GOLl:\lH, David withsling and crook; Goliath fal­ling, with spear, shield andlarge scimitar.DAVIO &. GOLIATH, David hold- 106

ing up Goliath's severed head.

~ORCAS, with long hair, hold­mg out a garment.

EDlTHA, SAINT, LEGEND OF, 12

subjects: - 1 to 4: Athelstangiving Editha to Sigtrig, Kingof Northumbria. and BishopElla blessing. (Cartoons,Whitworrh Art Gallery,Manchester).

5 to 8: Editha as Abbessadmonishing 2: nuns gatheringflowers, 2 others presentingflowers to the Virgin with InfantChrist.

9 to 12: 'VVillbm theConqueror giving Charter ofNunnery to Marmion,Marmion taking possession,Marmion asleep is struck in avision by Saint Editha withher staff.

3 Tracery comparnnents,Sigrrig's Galley, the Castle ofTamworth. and the Nunneryof Tamworth.EDWARD I, standing, in chain·mail and robe. crowned. withorb and sword on ground.EDWARD I, standing. crownedand robed, with sceptre andorb.

April1873

April1873

April1873

April1873

186<)

Cambridge (Jesus College)

13ramleyLeeds (Mill Hill Chapel)

1875TQ11nDOTtb

TamwoTtb

TarnwoTth

Tamworth

Cambridge (Percrhousel

Cambridge (Peterhouse)

EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, withrosary, orb held in cloak, staffin left hand and ring in right.

ELEANOR, QUEEN, with sceptreand charter.

R.16

March1864

CbeddletonCambridge (All Saints) 1866

Cambridge (Peterhouse)(?) Macclesfield (Saint

. Michael's) 1918

Cambridge (Peterhouse)

Cbedd/eton

Bradford CatbedralCoddingron (Notts.) (without

John) 1881Guernsey (as Sarah, without

John) ,870Knaresborough (without

John) 1873Ltandalf Cathedral 1866Marple (reversed) 187)Middleton Chcney (without

John) 1880Winteringham (reversed)

1874

KllaresboroughMayJ8]2-

AprilJ864

37a

ELKANAH. stooping to right,wLth staff and bottle.

ETHELBERT, King, standing,crowned, with long staff inright hand.ETIfELDREDA, Saint, crowned,with long hood. crucifix inleft hand, open book in right.

EVANGELISTS - see ST. JOHN, ST. LUKE, ST. MARK and ST. MATTHEW

ELl - see SAMUEL & ELl

ELIZABETI-I, Saint, standing, inwhite head-dress, with the boyJohn clasped against her.

EVE, holding dove. (Cartoon,Ashmolcan-Museum, Oxford).

GlDEON, armed cap-a-pied. R.l2a(Cartoon, Victoria & AlbertMuseum, E.Z906-19!7, as byRurne-Jones; repro. Huefferas Archangel MichaeD.Same figure used as Sir Lance­lot in Story of T risrram win­dows, Bradford City ArtGallery).GOOD SHEPIIERD, carrying lamb 34a

under left arm. in hoodedcloak, with staff and sheep.

GRAFlON, DUKE OF, in robesand coronet.

GRAY, Thomas, legs crossed,leaning against a tree.

July186z

June'4186z

186<}

July1874

Aug.187)

Scarborough

Scarborough

Flockton 1873

Cambridge (Pctcrhouse)

Cambridge (Peterhouse>

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R.I I

40a(R.6)

HANNAH, in profile to right, inwhite head-dress, arms foldedon breast.HELENA, Saint. cloaked, right 2 I 73

hand up, left holding ctucifix.HOLBRQOK, Chancellor, holding 56aastrolabe. (Cartoon, Victoria (R.17)& Albert Museum, 647-1894).HOMER, full-face, \virh staff and 201a

lyre.

ISAAC, carrying wooden vessel R.2.in left hand, right hand bless-ing; in furred robe and boots.ISAAC - see also ABRAHAM

JOHN EVANGELIST, Saint, wear­ing cape, cup with dragon inleft hand.

JUDE, Saint, carrying ship.(Cartoon, "Valker Art Gallery,Liverpool).LOUIS. Saint, with crown, swordand orb.LUKE, Saint, standing, wearingstraw hat, holding 'Hippocrates'in left hand, flower in right.LUKE, Saint, as a painter, with 220amissal and palette; Angelsbearing hut behind head.

MARK, Saint, examining hispen, with papers on one­legged rable.MARTHA, see Huetfer p. 445.MARTIN, S<l.int. cutting his cloak 3Iafor the beggar.MARTIN. Saint. in heaven.kneeling before Christ andAngels.MATllIEW, Saint, full-lengthstanding. beardless, in sandals,with Angel sitting on his arm.

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March1864Aug.187'

Oct.1870

March1863

June1863

April1874

March18641869

May3 I

1862

Feb.1864Feb.1864

June1863

Bradford Cathedralredrawn for Knaresborough.

May 187'Cheddleton

Cambridge (Peterhouse)

Cambridge (Peterhouse)101dwynds (Surrey) 1875

(lost)Rotbbury (Cragside) 1873Bradford CathedralGuernsey 1870

Bradford CathedralFarnham Royal 1868GosforthGuernsey 1870Langron Green 1865/6L1andatf Carhedral 1868Middleton Cheney 1865Llandaff Cathedral

Cheddleton

LadockVenrnor (Royal National

Hospital Chapel) 1873

Not identified

Soutbgate

Not identifiedScarborougb

Scarborough

Bradford CathedralGosforthGuernsey 1870Langron Green 1865/6L1andatf Cathedral 1868

MELCHISEDEK, blessingAbraham.

MlaiAEL, Saint, full-face, with 65atilting lance, banner andjewelled sword, the last twobetween his legs.

MILTON, John, youthful, cap R.203

at hip, advancing to left,readlng.

MILTON, John, old and blind.

MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES,two disciples with Christ in boatabove, disciple in another boatright foreground, net between.

1866 Middleton CheneyCheddleton c.1868

186, Brighton (Saint Michael's)Broughty Ferry.Darwen (adapted) 1922Earon Hastings 1934

elson (adapted for tracery)1919

187' Cambridge (Peterhouse)but dated on cartoon, repro.Rathbone: 'c. 74').

1873 RothbuTY (Cragside)Wightwick Manor

April Llandatt Cathedral1874

OSWALD. SAINT, LEGEND OF, 6 subjects: Sept.(i) Baptism of Saint OswaId 228a 1864

(Cartoon, Victoria &Albert Museum, '3l-l894)

Liverpool (Saint John's,Tuebrook)

Middleton Cheney (reversed)Cambridge (All Saints) 1866Cardiff (Saint John's) 1869Haywards Heath c.1868Liverpool (Saint John's,

T uebrook) 1868Madeley 1873Ivteole Brace 1873Tamworrh 1874T rourbeck 1873Waterford (Herts.) 1874

Durham (Saint Oswald's)

Cambridge (Pctcrhouse)

Meole BraceCambridge (J esus College)

1873Meole BraceSelsley(?) Orkney 1900

Oct.1870

March1864

186,

109

35a 1869

NOAH, to left, holding up arkin his robe.

MOSES, THE FI~DING OF. 36a 1869

NATIVITY, Joseph tasting bowl. 193a Nov.Magi kneeling, Virgin recliningcentrej basket of eggs, ox andsheep with legs tied, dove onpaling. (Cartoon formerly incollection of Sir S. Cockerell).

NEHEMIAH, holding trowel. and 30a 1868leaning fingers of left handon sword.NEWTON, Sir Isaac, with apple. 2063

MOSES &. TIJE BURNING BUSH.

Sept. Durba1Jl1864

Dec. Durham1864Jan. Durham1865June Durham1865June Durham1865

June HradfordCathedral186) Dodding-ton e.1865

Guernsey 1870Henlcy-m-Ardcn 1865MeDIc Brace 1871Middleton Cheney .865

April Llanda/f Catbedral1874r\1arch Cheddleton.864

(iD Saint Oswald crowned 129aKing of Bcnucia (Carroon,Victoria & Albcrt Museum,£.1853-1910).

(ui) Saint Oswald killing z31aCaedw~lIa.

(iv) Saint Oswald sends 230amissionaries to Scotla.nd.

(v) Saint Oswald's death in 2323battle.

(vi) The enshrining of Saint Z3]3

Oswald; Bishop Aidan re-ceiving his heo:ld.PAUL, Saint, to lcft, holding 53abroad flat-topped knife andMS with seaL

PAUL, Saint, shipwrecked.

PENDA, King of Mercia, kilted 124aand cross-gartcred, holding (R.r4)sceptre with bird and orb;square crown. (Called by Rath­bone 'Peeda, King of Kent').PETER, Saint.

PETER, Saint, Christ's Charge 41ato; Peter kneeling Left, Christstanding right among sheep,and feeding onc with grass.PETER, Saint, delivered from Z J 7:1prison; Angel and Peter des-cending steps hand in hand.

pmLlP, Saint, as Deacon, stand­109 m water.SAJ\1UEL &; ELl, Eli reclining 47:1on couch, pointing upwards. (R.3)

SIMEON, to left, looking up, R.13bright hand raiscd,lcft at looseends of girdle.SlMON, Saint, full-face, left handholding fish. (Cartoon, Birming­ham City Art Gallery, 150',,).

1869

Sept.1870

(1)

1870

May1873

April1874

Not identified; (1) designedfor Ladock, but not used.Troutbeck(?) Stcpney (Saint Peter's,

Londnn Docks) (destroyed)

Perhaps first used at Stepney(Saint Peter's, London Docks)(destroyed)Llanlwychaiarn J899Hraterford (Herts.)Madeley .873Meole BraceBrighouse (Saint lames's)

1870Cambridge (Jesus College)

1873KnaresborOltl{h(1) Fulford ,874 (destroyed)Meole Brace 1873Llanda/f Cathedral

"a Sept. Harden Grange, Bingley;1862 now at Bradford City Art

Gallery

R.ll 1862 Brighton (Saint Miehael's)

R.18 July Cambridge (Peterhouse)1872

R.19 187 1 Cambridge (Peterhouse)

R.13a 1866 Hayward, Heath

S'" 1866 CheddletonMeolc Brace 1870

R·s May Knaresborougb187! Leigh (Staffs.) .874

144" Dec.187 1

3'a Nov.]87 1

July18741857

SOLOMON BUILDlNG TUE ~ 163

TEMPLE, seated on right withserpent sceptre, directingarchitect on left.SPENSER, Edmund, standing, R.20bin long hose, with pen andbook; to left.SUPPER AT EMMAUS, smallpanel. Christ scared centrewith arms spread, disciple ateach side facing him.mo.MAS , Saint, beardless. hold­ing spear and square in lefthand.THOMAS, SAINT, INCREDULITY

OF, small panel.TRANSFIGURATION, design invesica-shaped panel, donefor Messrs. Powell & Sons.(repro. Hueffer).TRISTRAM & ISEULT, Story of,panel no. 10, The Death ofSir Tristram. (Canoon,Firzwilliam Museum,Cambridge).URIEL, Arch:mgcl. full-face,in copc, \vith open book andstaff with hammer-top.(Cartoon repra. Hueffcr).WAUKWQRTH, John, in scholar'sgown and cap, disputing froma book. (Misealled Crashawby Rathbone).WHITGll'T, Archbishop John,reading from book.WILFRID, Saint, blessing, withbroken idol at his feet.ZAO·IARIAS, small panel; agedpriest kneeling and offeringsmoking dish at steps of altar;scribe behind.ZACHARIAS, standing, full-face,in vestments, holdin~ censerin left hand and rod m right.(Cartoon, Birmingham CityArt Gallery, 149',,).

Aug.187'

Cambridge (Jesus College)

Cambridge (Peterhouse)Rothbury (Cragside) 1873

TrombeckCambridge (Jesus College)

1874

Leeds (Saint Saviour's)

Cambridge (Jesus College)

Not identified