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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898)

Artist and designer born in Birmingham in 1833 as Edward Jones. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he first met William Morris. Jones became a pupil of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and developed his characteristic Pre-Raphaelite style, which is found throughout his work as a painter, book illustrator and designer of tapestries and stained glass. Jones first designed stained glass in 1856, and following several notable works made by James Powell & Sons, he joined Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. in 1861. When the firm was reformed as Morris & Co. in 1875 under Morris' sole control, Burne-Jones became responsible for designing most of the figures and scenes for the stained glass made by the firm. His designs continued to be used by Morris & Co. long after his death in 1898, and his work was influential on others, notably Henry Holiday and his circle.

Edward Coley Burne-Jones was knighted in 1894, and his last major window was made for the west wall of the church at Hawarden.

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	Crucifixion with the Four Evangelists firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones designer: Ford Madox Brown 1868 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff south choir aisle
	Moses with St John the Baptist and St Paul firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1868 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff north wall of the north aisle
	David, St Stephen and Samuel with scenes from the Gospels. firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1869 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff south wall of the south aisle
	Apostles and Characters from the Book of Genesis firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones designer: Ford Madox Brown 1869 Church of St John the Baptist, Cardiff north wall of the north aisle
	St Stephen and St Peter firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones designer: Ford Madox Brown about 1870 Church of St Llwchaiarn, Llanllwchaiarn, Powys south wall of the nave
	The Nativity with Michael and Raphael, and Scenes from the Gospels firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1873 Church of St Michael, Forden, Powys east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
	Virgin and Child with St Bernard and St David firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1873 Church of St Mary, Margam, Neath Port Talbot west wall
	St Simon, St Peter, St Jude and Scenes from the New Testament firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones designer: Ford Madox Brown 1874 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff north wall of the north aisle
	Christ with St Peter and St John firm/studio: Morris & Co. designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1877 Church of St John the Baptist, Newton, Swansea east wall of the chancel
	St Cecilia with Musical Angels firm/studio: Morris & Co. designer: William Morris designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1880 Church of St Catharine, Baglan, Neath Port Talbot south wall of the south transept

William Waters, Damozels and Deities: Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass 1870–1898 (Abbots Morton: Seraphim, 2017), pp. 47–167 and further references.

Edward Burne-Jones (London: Tate, 2018).

Douglas E. Schoenherr, 'Edward Burne-Jones's Account Books with Morris & Company (1861-1900): An Annotated Edition' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xxxv (2011), 78–241.

Fiona MacCarthy, The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination (London: Faber & Faber, 2011).

A. Charles Sewter, The Stained Glass of William Morris and his Circle (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1974).

A. Charles Sewter, 'The Stained Glass of William Morris and his Circle: A Catalogue' (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1975).