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Saint Peter; Tiburtine Sibyl

Designer (British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker (British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
  • St. Peter; Tiburtine Sibyl
  • Design for Stained Glass
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1887
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions9 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (23.8 x 20 cm.)
DescriptionTwo lights and tracery. Left light shows St. Paul in gold lined with pink over white, gesturing to altar inscribed 'ignoto deo'. Right light shows Tiburtine Sibyl with lion's skin over her head and shoulders, in white and gold, with a window or mirror behind her. Patterned red backgrounds. Two tracery panels above show flowers against red backgrounds. Verso shows leaf and floral designs sketched roughly in pencil.
Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "DRIGG is another parish"; recto upper left in black ink: "IRTON CHURCH / DRIGG [this crossed out with pencil and "IRTON" written beside it in same hand as above] / Near Caraforth / Scale 1/2" = 1' "; recto lower right in black ink: "THE PROPERTY OF MORRIS & CO. / MERTON ABBEY / Surrey"; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "50 - 1887"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number2000.5.1259
Tiburtine Sibyl
Unknown, British
1875
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Unknown
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Object number: 2009.9.1