Drawings

Martha; Phoebe

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1903
Accession number: 2000.5.1343
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: 12 3/4 x 10 in. (32.4 x 25.4 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: two lancets and quatrefoil. Left lancet shows Martha in patterned white over russet, holding keys and pail. Right lancet shows Phoebe in patterned white and green over blue holding apples on plate. Green backgrounds and blue patterned ground above - tiled floor. Name- scrolls above. Four-foil has red lobes with yellow centers and blue flower at its center.
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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