Drawings

Minstrel Angels; Charity

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1906
Accession number: 2000.5.1443
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (14.6 x 14 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: large round-headed light flanked by two small rectangular lights - at left showing angel in blue over patterned white with green wings and trumpet, at right, angel in green with blue wings playing pipe. Central light showing Charity in red over white holding two infants, four small nude children at her feet, clinging to robes. Square quarry grounds - scroll above Charity reading "CARITAS" window structure pencilled in roughly.
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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