Drawings

Angels and Warriors

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1922
Accession number: 2000.5.740
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: designed by Ford Madox Brown(Opens in new tab) (British, 1821–1893); designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932); designed by William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
Dimensions: 20 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. (51.8 x 34 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Four lancets and tracery with main subjects in two tiers; upper tier shows Uriel with book and staff, Gabriel with lilies, st Michael with lance, sword and shield, Raphael with staff; lower tier shows Hope with hands in prayer, Valour grasping sword, Fortitude with shield full of arrows, and Faith grasping spear and shield, lower tier shows landscape and blue drapery - all in armor; six-foil above shows Christ ascending - angels in other tracery, three are minstrels.
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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