Angels
Maker
Edward Burne-Jones
(British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker
Morris and Company
(London, British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Daten.d.
Mediumchalk and charcoal on paper on linen over wooden frame
Dimensions27 3/8 x 15 5/8 in. (69.5 x 39.7 cm.)
DescriptionDesign for stained glass. Threee tiers of angels standing on intersecting inclines in pairs - design has been smeared and is difficult to deliniate. Black liquid has stained upper portion of drawing. Outline of rounded light around subject.
Inscribedverso yellow typed sticker at top in black ink: Sketch for a window in St. Pauls/ Cathedral
center label railed in colored ink: ST PAULS CATHEDRAL/ East Window/ SP (?)/ North Choir Aisle
left side of label in graphite: Scale 1' = 1'
on left side of frame in black colored ink: 1910
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1564
Savonnerie Manufactory
1719/84; frame of later date (probably nineteenth-century).
Object number: 11.41
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William Blake
1808
Object number: 000.3
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.2
William Morris
ca. 1869
Object number: 2000.5.1227
John Henry Dearle
1927
Object number: 2000.5.664
