Drawings

Angels; First Day of Creation

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1902
Accession number: 2000.5.1334
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designer: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 4 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (11.1 x 21.6 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: three lights. Left light shows angel in white robe, blue wings, blowing long trumpet. Central light shows Angel with red wings, white robe, holding globe representing the first day of creation, blue drapery background. Right light shows angel in white, blue wings, blowing long trumpet - red drapery background (same in left light). Dense treework above and below.
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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