Two Angels; Valour; Fortitude

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. 1921

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions10 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (26.4 x 8.9 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass: two lancets and angel playing dulcimer in tracery. Left lancet shows angel in white and red wings above blowing long trumpet. Below, Valour in patterned white tunic and red sash over gold armor, holding shield and grasping hilt of sword. Right lancet shows angel above in sky, in white over yellow patterned robe, red wings, blowing long trumpet. Below, Fortitude in white tunic and blue sash over gold armor, holding red shield full of arrows and broken sword. Forest backgrounds, blue sky above, name scrolls behind heads of figures.

Inscribedverso center in graphite: Wisbech verso lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: 1116

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1480