The cartoon was originally designed by Morris for a window in the vestry of St Barnabas’ church, Linslade, Bedfordshire in 1864 where it occupies the right-hand light in a three-light window. The only reference to it is in the list which Warrington Taylor made of stained glass windows executed by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. 1863-1868, a copy of which is among the Morris papers at Birmingham Art Gallery. The entry also states that Philip Webb did the canopy and pattern work in this light, but this is not recorded in Webb’s account book.
The figure also appears in the chancel south window of Bradford Cathedral (1864) – a 5-light window with tracery above and with 2 tiers of figures in the main lights, in which St Barnabas appears at the left-hand side of the lower tier. The Bradford version is thus a reversal of A11, which suggests it was done after that at Lindslade. The cartoon was also used again for windows in the following locations (listed in date order):
St Wilfrid’s Haywards Heath, Sussex in a memorial window to Emma Oldfield (d. 27 March, 1867) in the south aisle, 1868.
St Editha’s, Tamworth, Staffordshire in the lower row, right, of the east window, 1864.
Parish church, Ponsonby, Cumbria in the lower part of the right lancet of the east window, 1877.
St Denys’, Rotherfield, East Sussex in the east window, 1878.
