Drawings

Saint Columba; Saint Andrew; Saint Margaret of Scotland

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1935
Accession number: 2000.5.1044
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 3/8 x 9 in. (26.4 x 22.9 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lancets. Left lancet shows St. Columba in green and gold over white, holding book. Central lancet shows St. Andrew in red over white leaning on tree trunk holding open book, standing against blue drapery. Right lancet shows St. Margaret in patterned blue with green sash, holding staff and book, wearing crown. Left and right lancets show red drapery backgrounds. Grisaille work at heads and bases, shield in center base and inscription on scroll, names under each saint.
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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