Drawings

Christ Blessing the Children and Various Saints

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1913
Accession number: 2000.5.732
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 15 7/8 x 15 5/8 in. (40.3 x 39.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Stained glass design of east window. One large central light of Christ blessing the children, four medium lights and eigth smaller lights showing various saints. Saints depicted left to right: Ethelbert, St Mark, St james, and St George. Eight smaller lights depicting various saints from left to right: St Martin, St Wulstan, and St Alban with name banners in seperate triangular lights. Top tier of light shows left to right: Docility, Obedience, Temperance and Prudence.
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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