Angel with Palm and Lyre; Angel with Palm and Violin; Miriam; Ruth

Maker Unknown

Designerdesigned by Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833 - 1898)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1909

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions6 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (16.8 x 11.7 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass: four lights, each of two lights arranged above the other; small tracery of foliage on blue ground above. Top; left light shows angel in blue over green with red wings, holding palm and lyre. Right light shows angel in red with blue wings holding palm and violin - quarry grounds. Bottom left light shows Miriam in red, holding lyre, tree behind. Right light shows Ruth in blue, holding sheaves, wheat behind her. Quarry grounds. Scrolls behind heads.

Inscribedrecto top center in pencil: "ruby wings/ white over/ P. Blue under" recto bottom center in pencil, same hand: "white over/ with red under." recto lower right in black ink, by sep hand: "RETURN TO MORRIS + Co." recto lower right in pencil by SB: "243-1909." verso center in pencil: "Addison Rd/ S. Barnabas/ 1/2." verso bottom in pencil by SB: "Pg 248 Dec 15, 1909/ Mr Titcomb/ Mr Stokes/ Mr Watson/ Mr Howard."

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1391