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

Daten.d.

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions8 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.6 x 16.8 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass: two lights and tracery. Showing four angels with horn, lute, mandolin, thorn - standing in clouds. Left light shows Gabriel in pattened white over red, rasing hand, facing right. Right light shows Virgin in pattened white over blue, gathering clock, standing next to tree on left, with serpent wrapped around its trunk. Blue drapery backgrounds.

InscribedInscribed on recto at top in black ink: Scale 3/4 " = 1 foot Inscribed on recto at lower right in black ink by the same hand: Morris + Company/ Merton Abbey/ Surrey Inscribed on recto at upper right in graphite: 1 [circled]

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1310