Drawings

Mary the Virgin; Martha; Saint Margaret

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1914
Accession number: 2000.5.1352
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: three lights and tracery of formalized orange and red flowers and patterned work. Left light shows Mary Virgin in blue over red, right hand at breast. Central light shows Martha in pale and dark gold over red with red sash, carrying bucket and keys. Right light shows St Margaret in green over russet with orange sash, daisies in lap. Scrolled foliage backgrounds, scrolls above and red and orange floral border in bases.
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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