Drawings

Saint Sebastian; Saint John; Our Lady of Lourdes; Saint Erconwald; Saint Edward

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1934-1935
Accession number: 2000.5.1033
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by William Henry Knight(Opens in new tab) (British, 1823–1863)
Dimensions: 10 x 11 1/2 in. (25.4 x 29.2 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Five lancets. First lancet shows St. Sebastian in armor, with bow and red shield full of arrows. Second lancet shows St. John in green with blue sash, holding cup with winged serpent with rod. Third lancet shows Our Lady of Lourdes in white with blue sash, holding rosary. Fourth lancet shows St. Erconwald in green cope over white, with mitre and crozier. Fifth lancet shows St. Edward in red over white tunic, holding sword, wearing crown. Blue drapery backgrounds in 1, 3 and 5. Red drapery backgrounds in 2 and 4. Grisaille work backgrounds in heads of lancets, bases with shields and inscription on scroll.
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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