Angels with Scrolls; Christ Ascending

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. 1880

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions11 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (30.2 x 14.9 cm.)

DescriptionThree lancets and tracery. Left lancet shows angel in yellow over white with pink wings, holding scroll. Central lancet shows Christ ascending in white and yellow, hands raised. Right lancet shows angel in yellow over white with pink wings, holding scroll. Square quarry backgrounds. Scrolls and quarry grounds in tracery above.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "T. ARMSTRONG ESQ / 121 CHARLOTTE STREET FITZROY SQ / HALF-INCH-SCALE"; recto upper left in brown ink: "Prescot"; recto upper right in graphite: "PRESCOT"; recto upper right in brown ink: "Sent away July 22 / 80"; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "24-1880"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Prescott / 1880 / 1/2 / Pg/ 24 July 1880"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1243