Drawings

Praying Angels and Censing Angel

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1873
Accession number: 2000.5.303
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. (16.8 x 8.9 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights. Left light shows angel in blue robe, red wings, in profile to right, hands in prayer. Central light shows angel in pink robe with crimson wings, in profile to right, hands in prayer. Right light shows angel in crimson robe with pink wings, in profile to right, swinging censer. Quarry grounds. Trefoils above each of main lights.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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