Drawings
Joshua Crossing the Jordan
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- Date
- ca. 1909
- Accession number
- 2000.5.1373
- Designer
- designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
- Dimensions
- 8 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (21.9 x 14.6 cm.)
- Medium
- watercolor and ink on paper
- Description
- Design for stained glass: composition is shown across all three lights - foliate3d scrollwork in tracery and yellow speckled ground. Left light shows robed figures carrying gold coffer ornamented with angels- see behind. Central light shows Joshua in red over orange armor, holding shield and red banner - troops of figures with horns behind him and sea in bacground. Right light shows figures in foreground picking up boulders - troops of figures with horns and banners behind them and sea in background. Panels of foliated scroll work above and below, with blank shields and scrolls below.
