Second Day of Creation; Fourth Day of Creation
Designerdesigned by
Edward Burne-Jones
(British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker
Morris and Company
(British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1895
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions9 x 2 1/2 in. (22.9 x 6.4 cm.)
DescriptionTwo lights and tracery. Left light shows angels in white with red wings, holding globes - standing on blue clouds - globes perhaps representing night and day. Right light shows angels in white with red wings, standing on blue clouds, holding globes representing trees and planets. Quarry grounds and scrolls above and below. Tracery above shows foliage and pink flowers.
Inscribedrecto lower right in black ink: "THE PROPE";
recto lower center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "106-1895";
verso center in graphite: "Manchester College / Oxford / 1/2";
verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 106 Dec. 1895 / Mr. Bowman / Mr. Veal"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1281
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.35
Unknown, British
ca. 1870
Object number: 2000.5.1537G
