Angel with Double-Pipe; Angel with Cymbals
Designerdesigned by
William Morris
(British, 1834 - 1896)
Maker
Morris and Company
(London, British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1898
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions9 5/8 x 11 1/4 in. (24.4 x 28.6 cm.)
DescriptionTwo lights. Left light shows angel in red with red wings, holding cymbals, standing on cloud. Right light shows angel in red with red wings, playing double-pipe, standing on cloud. Plain quarry ground. Verso shows rough pencil sketches of angel with pipe, round-headed light, rectangular light.
Inscribedrecto upper center in black ink: "PUTNEY / All Sts. Ch. / Scale 1/2" = 1' ";
recto lower right in black ink: "Morris & Company / Merton Abbey / Surrey";
recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "140-1898";
recto left side in graphite: "This position not as / well for the / ventilator / ventilator to open / inwards";
verso left side in graphite: "1st / below / the / waist / light blue";
verso left of center in graphite: "Angel with / organ / s[?] view / do with [picture of figure playing pipe] / do with Harp / Nov. 1 wanted";
verso right of center in graphite: "Charity [above light] / border / name / Text / Latin [written to right of sketched light] / St. Mary E W / curtain";
verso right side in graphite: "Choir: / Angels in / the [?] / Justice / Tulip"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1295
John Henry Dearle
ca. 1925
Object number: 2000.5.965
Unknown, British
ca. 1893
Object number: 2000.5.2860
William Morris
ca. 1869
Object number: 2000.5.1227
