Drawings

Nativity; Ascension

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1910
Accession number: 2000.5.710
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. (19.1 x 12.4 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Stained glass design for two lights with tracery. Left light shows Nativity scene with Mary, Christ and an angel in front of them with a dulcimer. Right light shows an Ascension scene with Christ above Paul and Simon with sleeeping disciples below. Angel with chalice in tracery trifoil above.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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