Adoration

Maker Unknown

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Daten.d.

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. (21 x 16.2 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass:three lights and tracery of starry sky and angel holding star in qutrefoil above. Left light shows Joseph in brown over green with crook. Central light shows Mary in blue over red near manger holding Christ child - in round open shelter with thatched roof - cow behind. Right light shows three magi with gifts, one kneeling by Christ child. Landscape background.

Inscribedverso top in pencil: "Newton/ 3/4" verso top in pencil, by sep hand: "No 38" verso lower right in pencil by SB: "1105 B"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1469