Drawings

Angels; Christ Holding a Banner; Angels

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1870
Accession number: 2000.5.1230
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
Dimensions: 7 x 5 3/4 in. (17.8 x 14.6 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lancets. Subjects in three tiers in each. Left lancet shows (from top to bottom) angel with clarinet, in yellow with red wings; angel in whtie with green wings and cymbals; angel in yellow with red wings and organ. Central lancet shows Christ in blue lined with red over white, holding banner; angel in yellow and white, red wings, with harp; angel in green lined with red over white, with yellow wings and t-shaped dulcimer. Right lancet shows angel in yellow and red wings with harp; angel in white, red sash and green wings, with short pipe; angel in yellow, red wings, with harp. Quarry grounds.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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