Saint Gabriel; Saint Luke the Physician; Saint Raphael

Maker Unknown, British

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

St. Gabriel; St. Luke the Physician; St. Raphael
Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1923

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions8 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (22.2 x 20.6 cm.)

DescriptionThree lights. Left light depicts St. Gabriel holding lilies in his right hand and a staff in left. He is wearing a green gown with a white and gold brocade mantle. The central light shows St. Luke the Physician holding a book in his right hand. He is wearing a red gown with a white and gold brocade mantle. The right light shows St. Raphael holding foliage. He is wearing a blue gown with a white and gold brocade mantle. All three figures are presented in front of a blue scroll-patterned curtain with a green band, they are standing on a tiled ground with grisaille pattern work above. A calf with wings is depicted in the pattern work above St. Luke.

Inscribedrecto upper right in black ink: [indecipherable]; rector lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "378-1923"; verso center in pink ink: "WIMBLEDON / S. MARY'S 1" "; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 378 Aug. 14 1923 / Mr. Titcomb / Mr. Seeley / Mr. Chadwick / Mr. Watson"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.947