William Morris executed three windows for Albion Congregational Church at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs., in the 1890s. The east window was the earliest (1893) and was made from existing cartoons, but for the two windows in the north and south transepts (1895-6) all the figures were specially designed by Burne-Jones. The present cartoon is for the fourth figure in the upper tier of the north transept window. According to Burne-Jones's account book (Fitzwilliam Museum), he designed the window in November 1892 for ¨300. It is not clear why there was a three-year delay before it was installed.

The cartoon is a beautiful example of Burne-Jones's later stained-glass style, based on tall, ethereal figuress, with drapery falling in long, angular folds. Other cartoons for the window, or related drawings, are in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass., and elsewhere. For full details see A.C. Sewter, The Stained Glass of William Morris and his Circle, II, 1975, p. 11