Nativity and Adoration

Designerdesigned by Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833 - 1898)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1912

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions16 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (42.9 x 27.6 cm.)

DescriptionFour lancets, tracery two quatrefoils, one eight-foil above; lancet one shows ministrel angels on landscape background - buildings behind and starry sky; second lancet - Adoration of the Magi; third lancet - Nativity, with minstrel angels; fourth lancet - Ministrel angels; all on landscaped background with city and starry sky above; four-foils show angels with goblet and crown of thorns - eight-foil shows angel with star.

Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "St Michaels/ Lydle Green/ Birmingham/ Birmingham"; lower left in black ink by a seperate hand: "3/4" Scale"; lower right in black ink: "RETURN TO MORRIS & CO./ MERTON ABBEY/ Surrey"; by Sandy Berger: "272-1912"; verso in graphite not by Sandy Berger: "Birmingham"; by Sandy Berger: "Pg. 272 June 10, 1912/ Mr. titcomb/ Mr. Stokes/ Mr. Knight/ Mr. Watson"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.728