Angels Blowing Long Trumpets, Christ Receiving the Soldier in Paradise
Designerdesigned by
John Henry Dearle
(British, 1860 - 1932)
Maker
Morris and Company
(London, British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1926
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions12 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (31.8 x 25.1 cm.)
DescriptionThree lights and tracery. Left and right lights show angels blowing trumpets. They are wearing red gowns with white mantles and blue wings in clouds above are angels playing dulcimers. Central panel shows Christ in red and white helping a soldier, in white and gold out of a fissure in the ground. An angel plays a dulcimer above. All are in a landscape setting. Angels with a palm frond, crown and banner are in tracery above. Upper angels of lights are a replacement.
Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "WEST BYFLEET";
recto upper right in graphite: "E";
recto lower left in black ink, cut off: "ris Company / ton Abbey / rey";
recto lower left in black ink: "SCALE 1" = 1' ";
recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "405-1926";
verso upper left in graphite: "West Byfleet";
verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 405 Aug. 11, 1926 / Mr. Seeley / Mr. Chadwick"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.968
Unknown
n.d.
Object number: 2000.5.1481
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1895
Object number: 2000.5.1279
