Drawings
Saint Francis and the Birds
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- Date
- ca. 1930
- Accession number
- 2000.5.1011
- 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 x 6 1/4 in. (17.8 x 15.9 cm.)
- Medium
- watercolor and ink on paper
- Description
- Three lights. Left and right lights are identical: plain background of quarries, with blue border and multi-colored strip at base. Central light shows St. Francis in monk's clothes, three birds at his feet, one eating out of his hand. He is holding up right hand to two birds in the air. Floral turf, blue drapery background with trees and quarries above - similar borders to left and right lights.
