Adoration of the Magi

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. 1918

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions10 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (26.4 x 15.9 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass: three lights and small blue tracery. Left light shows angel and two shepherds. Central ligh shows Virgin and child under open thatched shelter - angel above holding star. Right light shows angel with lyre and another with dulcimer. Landscape background, starry sky above. In panels below blue ground with green foliage and scroll reading "QUIA NATUS EST VOBIS SALVATOR"

Inscribedverso top in pencil: "Macclesfield" verso lower right in pnecil by SB: "1097B"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1455