Annunciation

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. 1910

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions9 x 5 5/8 in. (22.9 x 14.3 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass: round-headed light. Gabriel in red over patterned white with red wings; Virgin in patterned white over blue; tree with serpent twined around trunk between them and dove above. Scrolled foliage above and below and multi-colored leaf borders around - scroll below.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "ESTER CATHEDRAL/ END OF EPIPHANY CHAPEL/ Scale 1/2= 1'' recto lower right in black ink, same hand: "RETURN TO MORRIS + Co/ MERTON ABBEY/ Surrey." recto lower right in pencil by SB: "253-1910." verso upper left in black ink: "Winchester Cathedral/ Epiphany Cahpel 1/2." verso center in pencil, sep hand: "62" verso upper right in pencil by SB: "Pq." verso center in pencil by SB: "Pq. 253 July 5, 1910."

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1395