Drawings

Saint Hugh of Lincoln; Saint Thomas of Canterbury

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1914
Accession number: 2000.5.792
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (9.5 x 8.6 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Stained glass design of two lights. St. hugh of Lincoln is presented on ground of stylized vines and green ground. St Hugh is holding a staff in right hand and model of church in left. He is wearing red vestements and a gold mitre with a blue halo. St Thomas of Cantebury is presented on a ground of stylized vines with a green ground. St thomas is holding a sword in his left hand and a staff with cross on top in his right hand. He is wearing green and gold vestements. He is wearing a gold mitre with a purple halo. Both windows are surrounded by a border of leaves and colored blocks with a black field at fottom. Each figure has a name scroll above.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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