Lily and Seraph Head

Maker Unknown

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1927

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions11 7/8 x 7 3/8 in. (30.2 x 18.7 cm.)

DescriptionSingle light. Seraph head shown above flowering lily. Quarries behind and daisies growing around lilies. Seraph has gold wings.

Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "FARTHINGSTONE CH. / South Side"; recto lower left in black ink: "Commemoration / To the Glory of God and in Sweet Remembrance / of Christine Elaine died Nov. 13th 1896 / Daughter of Philip Leslie and Alexandra Georgette Agnew"; recto lower left in black ink, same hand: "small window / Farthingston Ch."; recto lower right in graphite: "scale 1/2" = 1 foot"; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "412-1927"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Roll 207 / Pg. 412 Feb. 16, 1927 / Mr. Seeley / Mr. Davis, Mr. Chadwick"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.975