Drawings

Angels of Paradise

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1885
Accession number: 2000.5.1247
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. (13.7 x 6.4 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Single lancet. Landscape background of green hills. Three angels standing from top to bottom, top in blue with blue wings, holding organ. Middle angel in white with gold wings, holding t-shaped dulcimer. Bottom angel is in yellow and white with red wings, holding lyre.
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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