1981.76: Saint John the Evangelist (Design for a stained-glass window, Bradford Cathedral)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1981.76

People

Ford Madox Brown, British (Calais, France 1821 - 1893 London, England)

Title

Saint John the Evangelist (Design for a stained-glass window, Bradford Cathedral)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1863

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/294978

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite, charcoal, black ink and gray wash on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

89.5 x 36.7 cm (35 1/4 x 14 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Possibly artist’s executor’s sale at T. G. Wharton, Auctioneers and Estate Agents, London, May 29-31, 1894, either lot 243 or 253, sold]; to possibly either Harold Rathbone or Westminster Technical Institute. [Sotheby’s Belgravia, London, March 18, 1980, lot 52, sold]; to Warren R. Stone (1980-1981), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1981.

Notes:
1. In the 2010 Ford Madox Brown catalogue raisonné, Mary Bennett lists two lots from the T.G. Wharton, Auctioneers sale May 29-31, 1894 which may have included the drawing: lot 243 “St. John and St. Peter” and lot 253 “Charlemagne and St. John.” Mary Bennett is unable to verify with certainty, however, that this piece was part of either lot. If the design was sold as lot 243, it was purchased by Harold Rathbone; if it was sold as lot 253 it was purchased by Westminster Technical Institute.
2. In the same catalogue raisonné Mary Bennett further notes that in the FMBP copy of the T.G. Wharton Auctioneers sale catalogue the St. John listing for lot 253 is deleted.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Warren R. Stone

Accession Year

1981

Object Number

1981.76

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

• Ford Madox Hueffer, Ford Madox Brown: A Record of His Life and Works, Longmans, Green and Co. (New York, NY and London, England, 1896), Appendix C, p. 445 (list)
• A. Charles Sewter, "A Check-List of Designs for Stained Glass by Ford Madox Brown", William Morris Society Journal (London, Summer 1968), vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 19-29, pp. 20, 26
• Mary Lister, "The Morris Windows in Bradford Cathedral", The Bradford Antiquary, Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society (1985), vol. 1, pp. 56-61, pp.56-61
• Mary Bennett, Ford Madox Brown, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven, 2010), vol. 2, pp. 468-469 as cat. no. C90, repr.

Exhibition History

• The Exhibition of "Work" and other Paintings by Ford Madox Brown, at the Gallery, 191 Piccadilly, Gallery, 191 Piccadilly, London, 03/10/1865 - 06/10/1865

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