Drawings

Angel with Lamp; Angel with Roses; Tree with Dove; Angel with Lilies; Angel with Lamp; Saint George, Ruth; Virgin and Child; Phoebe; Female Figure

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1927
Accession number: 2000.5.979
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 12 in. (27.3 x 30.5 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Ten lights and trefoils of red with stylized foliage. Upper row, left to right: a series of angels, in white robes with blue wings, the central panel showing a tree with a dove. The angels are holding a lamp, roses, lilies and a lamp. The lower lights (from l to r) show St. George standing on a dragon, St. Ruth holding a wheatsheaf, Mary holding the Christ child, Phoebe reading a book and a female figure holding plants. They are standing in front of curtains that alternate between red and blue. There are tiles beneath and stylized foliage behind.
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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