Guardian Angel with Children; Angel with Scroll; Saint Michael; Angel with Scroll; Guardian Angel with Boy; Isaac; Samuel; Christ as Boy; Saint John Baptist; Timothy

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

Designerdesigned by John Henry Dearle (British, 1860 - 1932)

Designerdesigned by William Henry Knight (British, 1823 - 1863)

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

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass
Guardian Angel with Children; Angel with Scroll; St. Michael; Angel with Scroll; Guardian Angel with Boy; Isaac; Samuel; Christ as Boy; St. John Baptist; Timothy

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1927

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions10 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (27.3 x 30.2 cm.)

DescriptionTen lights and tracery depicting seraph heads. Upper five lights show an angel with a child an angel with a scroll, St. Gabriel, an angel with a scroll, and an angel with a boy. All are in white with red wings except for Gabriel who wears armor. The lower five lights show Isaac with a bundle of sticks, Samuel looking towards central panel, Christ as a young boy with his hands outstretched upward and a banner above his head, St. John the Baptist with a cloth and a flag, and Timothy readign a book. All stand in front of curtains alternating red and blue with tiles beneath their feet and stylized foliage behind the curtains.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "ST PAULS CH BOUGHTON"; recto lower right in black ink: "Scale 3/4" = 1 foot"; recto right side in graphite: "Cherubs / white wings / against a fair / sky blue background"; recto lower center in graphite: "richer ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___"; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "420-1927"; recto right side in black ink: "___ Granson / Registrar / 25th April, 1927"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.980