Christ Among the Doctors in the Temple
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. 1939
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions10 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (27.6 x 21.3 cm.)
DescriptionThree lights and tracery. Left light shows Virgin Mary in blue and Joseph in brown over green. Central light shows young Christ in red, facing to right, two doctors behind them at top of temple steps. Right light shows doctor in patterned white and yellow over red, disputing with Christ - two other bearded figures behind him. Background of temple architecture, columns on either side, blue curtained doorways. Scroll below running across three lights, on green ground. Small red and blue quatrefoils above (6).
Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "PALMERS GREEN";
recto lower right in graphite: "3/4" = 1 foot";
recto lower center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "483-1939";
verso center in graphite: "Palmers Green";
verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 483 1939 / Mr. Rees"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1071
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1893
Object number: 2000.5.1269
Edward Burne-Jones
1912
Object number: 2000.5.656
