Drawings

Joshua Crossing the Jordan

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1909
Accession number: 2000.5.1373
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: 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.
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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