Nativity with Magi and Angels

Designerdesigned by Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833 - 1898)

Maker Morris and Company (London, British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1898

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions15 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (39.1 x 28.9 cm.)

DescriptionFour lancets, tracery, and three quatrefoils - scene runs across all four lancets, show Virgin blue lying down in manger holding Christ child - row of angels in background and foreground praying (in white with pink wings). Magi in left lancet, shepherds on right - the four-foils above show angels with star, crown and cup respectively.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "Hawarden Ch."; left side next to watercolor in graphite: "Green figures/ Blue in Hawarden/ with white/ under dress"; arrow from angel or shepherd on left pointing to : "the same/ in Hawarden"; right side of watercolor, pointing to shepherd: "Brown/ Brown fig is green/ with blue under/ in Hawarden"; beneath watercolor: "In the Hawarden window/ the wings of the angels are all blue/ Generally speaking the Hawarden window has much/ more blue in it"; lower right in black ink by a seperate hand: "Morris & Co./ Merton Abbey/ Surrey"; by Sandy Berger: "134-1898"; verso upper left by Sandy Berger: "Harwarden"; by Sandy Berger: "Pg. 134 May 18, 1898/ Designed by Sir E. Burne-Jones/ Mr. Walters/ Mr. Bowman/ Mr. Stokes/ Mr. Walters/ Mr. Wren"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.719