Drawings

Saint Christopher; King Ethelbert

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: n.d.
Accession number: 2000.5.850
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (14.6 x 8.3 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass. Two lights and quatrefoil showing laurel wreaths, and the dates 1914 and 1919. Left light shows St. Christopher in stream, grasping staff, holding babe on his shoulder. Right light shows King Ethelbert leaning on sword hilt, wearing armor, red cloak and crown. Both have landscape backgrounds.
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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