Gabriel; Raphael

Maker Unknown

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. 1909

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions6 7/8 x 3 1/8 in. (17.5 x 7.9 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass: two lights and tracery showing seraph with red wings in quatrefoil and two small trefoils. Left light shows Gabriel in brown over white with blue wings, holding staff. Right light shows Raphael in helmet and green over patterned white, with blue wings, holding staff. Blue drapery backgrounds, foliage above and below - name-scrolls below.

Inscribedrecto lower right in black ink, some cut off :" RETURN TO MORRIS + Co/ MERTON/ Surr." recto bottom center in pencil by SB: "249-1909." verso upper left in blue ink: "1574" verso center in pencil: "Alderley Edge/ 3/4." verso bottom in pencil by SB: "Pg 249 Dec 29, 1909/ Mr Stokes/ Mr Titcomb/ Mr Watson/ Mr Howard/ Mr Knight."

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1393