Untitled

Maker Unknown

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1903

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions9 7/8 x 10 in. (25.1 x 25.4 cm.)

DescriptionRose window composed of eighteen lights, arranged in six segments, with three lights in each segment, one inner (a quatrefoil) and two outer, thus forming an inner circle of six lights and an outer circle of twelve lights. The outer twelve lights contain kneeling angels with scrolls, all in whtie, alternating pink and blue grounds and color of wings. Top and bottom of inner lights show white shields in red or on green grounds. Other four show emblems of Evangelists. Only left side of rose has been completed.

Inscribedrecto upper right in graphite that has been rubbed out: "Leek"; recto in graphite above two of the lights at upper left: "1", "2"; recto in graphite, inner lights numbered from upper right, anti-clockwise 7 thru 12

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1214