Nativity

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. 1912

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions10 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (26.4 x 16.2 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass: two lights and two trefoil with seraph heads and red wings, central five-foil showing two angels with straight pipe and clarinet, in white robes with pink wings. Left light shows angel and two shepherds. Central light shows Virgin and CHild seated under conical thatched shelter, angel above in white and red wings, holding star. Right light shows two minstrel angels with dulcimers. Landscape background with starry sky.

Inscribedrecto lower right in black ink: "RETURN TO MORRIS + Co." recto lower right in pencil by SB: "270-1912" verso center in pencil: "Long Parish/ 3/4" verso center in pencil by SB: "Pg 270 jan 23, 1912."

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1416