Saint Gabriel; Saint Michael; Saint Raphael; Saint Uriel

Maker Unknown

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

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass
St. Gabriel; St. Michael; St. Raphael; St. Uriel

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Daten.d.

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions11 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (29.8 x 16.5 cm.)

DescriptionFour tall lights with Gothic canopies above figures of saints. At far left, St. Gabriel in white, holding lily, blue background; second shows St. Michael in white cape over armor holding lance, leaning on sword, red background; third light shows St. Raphael in white with yellow patterning holding rod with bell at top, blue background; far right light shows St. Uriel in patterned white and yellow with blue lining, holding rod with hammer top and open books, red background. Above main lights, minstrel angels in eight tracery lights. Above them, trefoils on either side of two small tracery lights of zodiac signs. Above these, central tracery lights of Adam and Eve, flanked by angels holding sun and moon and floral tracery. Two small lights above Adam and Eve in blue showing stars and four elements.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "1/2" scale"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1198