The cartoon was designed by Morris for the East window of Bradford Cathedral c. 1863 (window installed 1864), where the figure appears in the third tier of the side lights. According to the Morris & Co. minute book (now in collection of Sandford L Berger, Huntingdon, California) under 1 April 1863, the cartoons for the single figures in the East window were allotted as follows:
“Rossetti: Jacob, Mary Magdalene, Martha a t £3 each; Ned: Virgin Mary, David at £3 each; Marshall: St. Peter, Moses, Solomon, Anna at £2 each; Morris: Elijah, Mary sister of Martha, Joseph at £2 each; Brown: Abraham, Isaac, Elizabeth, Paul if he will accept them”
Two sketch designs for the window are also in the collection of The Huntingdon; the first shows most of the figures only very roughly indicated, narrower borders, no diagonal bands of letter in in quarry backgrounds, and a series of seraphs with shields and scrolls in the tracery. The second sketch, much more carefully drawn, shows the window as executed except that the figures of Ezekial and Daniel in the bottom tier are in the opposite order.
The East window was altered when a new Lady chapel was added to the Cathedral built to the design of Sir Edward Maufe; following removal, cleaning and restoration, the stained glass was re-fitted in the 3 windows of the East window of the Lady chapel, in 1964.
Full details of the window are given in A. C. Sewter, op. cit. pp. 27-29.
Other cartoons used for this window, now at the WMG are as follows: St. Luke (A10), Moses (A12), Isaiah (A22) and Mary of Bethany (A23) and St Peter (A19).
The cartoon was used again in the following places: St Stephen’s Parish Church, near St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands in a Tree of Jesse window in the West window, centre lancet, bottom , 1864. All Saints, Coddington, near Newar, Nottinghamshire, South aisle East window left hand light of three-light window (in reverse), 1882.
