Drawings

Joy; Creation; Love

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1903
Accession number: 2000.5.1340
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designer: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (17.1 x 14 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: three lights. Left light shows Joy (Hope) in white with blue sash, holding palm, reaching hand ip to clouds. Central light shows First Day of Creation, angel with dark red wings and orange robe holding globe showing sun and moon. Right light shows Love (Charity) in white over blue, long hair, flame emanating from palm, holding child, two more at her feet. Blue drapery backgrounds. Quarry panels above and below.
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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