Saint Elizabeth; Saint Anne; Annunciation

Maker Unknown

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass
St. Elizabeth; St. Anne; Annunciation

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1868

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (18.1 x 13 cm.)

DescriptionTwo lancets and circle tracery showing scene of Annunciation : Angel with scroll kneeling down before Virgin, seated, reading a book, a pot of lilies on a bench. Left lancet shows St. Elizabeth in green cloak lined red, over white, gathering up her robes with both hands. Right lancet shows St. Anne in blue over white, holding rose in vase and book. Quarry grounds, name panels below, multi-colroed rose and crown borders.

Inscribedrecto lower left in black ink: "Great Fawley / S. window of Apse / August 7th 1868"; recto lower right in black ink: "The property of / Morris & Company / 26 Queen Square / Bloomsbury"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1224