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Christ on the Cross

Designer (British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker (British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
  • Design for Stained Glass
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1901
Mediumwatercolor, ink, and graphite on paper on board
Dimensions12 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (31.8 x 15.6 cm.)
DescriptionDesign for stained glass: single lancet; pencil sketches of two additional lancets on either side, one showing tree and scroll. Main light shows Christ on the cross as living tree, sword and shield at its base, surrounded by sixteen angels in clouds- dove descending at top and scroll on blue ground below.
InscribedInscribed on recto at upper left in black ink, cut off: GARFORTH Inscribed on recto at lower left in black ink by the same hand: SCALE 3/4" = 1' Inscribed on recto at lower right in brown ink; Morris + Company/ Merton Abbey/ Surrey Inscribed on verso at ? in graphite by Sandford Berger: 1901?
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number2000.5.1324
Virgin and Child; Christ on the Cross; Ascension
Unknown, British, 20th Century
ca. 1915
Object number: 2000.5.800
Christ on Cross
Unknown, British
n.d.
Object number: 2000.5.675
Angels; Mary Virgin; Christ on the Cross; Saint John
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1895
Object number: 2000.5.1279
Mary Virgin; Christ on the Cross; Saint John
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1899
Object number: 2000.5.1302
Saint Mary; Christ on Cross; Saint John
Unknown
n.d.
Object number: 2000.5.1473
Christ on Cross
Unknown, British
n.d.
Object number: 2000.5.676
Mary Virgin; Christ on Cross; Saint John
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1918
Object number: 2000.5.822
Mary Virgin; Christ on the Cross; Saint John
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1883
Object number: 2000.5.1245
Christ on the Cross
Unknown
n.d.
Object number: 2000.5.1496