Drawings

Christ Preaching from the Ship; Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1903
Accession number: 2000.5.810
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 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (25.7 x 25.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass. Two lights for separate windows (north and south transcepts, respectively). (for north transcept). Christ preaching from the ship - Christ in red, seated in ship. Four figures seated in foreground, two standing to the right - seen behind and sky above. (for South transcept). Miraculous draught of fishes - Christ in red in boat, two men pulling nets of fish, one belonging to Christ - sky above.
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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