Drawings

Abraham; Moses; Samuel

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: n.d.
Accession number: 2000.5.1475
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Attributed: Duncan Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1893–1954)
Dimensions: 12 x 7 3/8 in. (30.5 x 18.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass:three lights and tracery of green vines, quatrefoil showing St Ambrose in mitre and cape with crozier and book name scroll. Left light shows Abraham in blue lined with green over yellow armor, holding shield and sword. Central light shows Moses in red over blue, holding tablets. Right light shows Samuel in green lined with blue over white, holding horn. Backgrounds of large twining yellow flowers and vines. Name panels below and scroll across architecture with columns in bases, reads "THIS LABEL IS INTENDED TO/ EMBODY THE WORDING OF AN INSCRIPTION"
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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