Drawings

Moses; Elijah

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1886
Accession number: 2000.5.1251
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (24.1 x 7.9 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lancets and tracery. Left lancet shows Moses in blue over white, holding tablets - panel below shows Annunciation (Virgin reading - angel kneeling to her). Right lancet shows Elijah in brown over whtie, bare to above knees. Panel below shows Elijah raising the widow's son (Elijah in blue over white near bedside of figure - others around). Backgrounds of scrolled oak foliage - multi-colored borders. Tracery shows angel with red wing with T-shaped dulcimer.
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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