Angeli Ministrantes

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

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

Designerdesigned by William Morris (British, 1834 - 1896)

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

Additional Title(s)

Design for Tapestry

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1894

Mediumwatercolor and graphite on paper

Dimensions6 1/2 x 5 in. (16.5 x 12.7 cm.)

DescriptionTwo angels in woodland setting, carrying staffs. Angel on left is wearing a blue and gold cope over rust-colored robe, which he is holding up with left hand; holding staff in right hand; with blue wings. Angel at right is wearing gold cope over blue robe, which he is holding up with right hand, holding staff in left. Gold acanthus leaf border, millefleur foreground.

InscribedOn mat: recto right side: "3 1/6"; recto right side: "4/8. 5' 1" ___ border not ___ in height"; recto right side: "3 1/6"; recto lower right: "(Morris & Company)"; recto lower left: "Angeli Ministrantes"; verso upper left: "1917 address"; verso center: "(kindly return)"; verso center by Sanford Berger?: "tapestries woven at Merton Abbey"; Framing mat: verso upper center: "print of a design for Burne-Jones tapestry - hand-colored by Burne-Jones - produced by Morris"; verso upper right: "finished tapestry at Eton"; verso center right: "A.S. --> Buom" [line through this"; verso center right: "Geo Sp / Pd Fuomp"; verso center right: "(225-geo sp)"; verso lower center: "Border designed by Morris"; verso lower center: "[In Stanford Exhibit of Morris & Co]"; verso lower center: "ca 1955"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.72