Ruth; Miriam

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. 1936

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions10 1/2 x 6 in. (26.7 x 15.2 cm.)

DescriptionTwo lights and tracery - tracery shows rose and foliage trefoil with green and blue border. Left light shows Ruth in green over red, holding wheatsheaf in arms - other branches on the ground. Right light shows Miriam playing lyre, in red over yellow. Tree on the right. Blue drapery backgrounds, quarries above, and below, name-scrolls. Blue and green borders.

Inscribedrecto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "472-1936"; verso center in graphite: "Bayswater / S. Matthews / 3/4"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 472 1936 / Mr. Taylor / Mr. Mears"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1058