Drawings

First Day of Creation

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1909
Accession number: 2000.5.1381
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: 5 x 2 5/8 in. (12.7 x 6.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: single lancet. Angel in white robes and mutilpe red, orange and lavender shaded wings, holding sphere showing planets within. Standing on tiled floor - blue scrolled background, scroll below. Gothic canopy on red ground above.
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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