Drawings

Singing Angel; Minstrel Angel with Palm and Lyre

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1915
Accession number: 2000.5.801
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 4 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. (12.4 x 6.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor, ink and graphite on paper
Description: Stained glass design of two lights with tracery. Two angels presented on blue curtains with stylized foliage and on green ground. Angel with open book on left in red and gold (labelled singing angel by Sewter). Angel holding palm in and a lyre in right. Angel in trifoil above.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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