Drawings

Mary the Virgin; Saint Helena

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1928
Accession number: 2000.5.715
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (23.5 x 26 cm.)
Medium: watercolor, graphite and ink on tracing paper pinned (removed) to paper
Description: Stained glass design for two lights. Left light shows Mary the Virgin in between columns, stage-like, with a red curtain behind. She is wearing blue and holding a lily in her left hand. The right light shows St. Helena in a similar configuration with a blue curtain behind. She is wearing red and green and is supported a cross with her right shoulder.
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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