Drawings

Minstrel Angels

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1894
Accession number: 2000.5.1273
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. (25.7 x 8.3 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Four lights arranged in two tiers and tracery. Upper tier: left light shows angel in pink with red wings with mandoline on shoulder; right light shows angel in blue with green wings, with scrolled harp. Lower tier: leftlight shows angel in green over white with blue wings holding dulcimer; right light shows angel in yellow with red wings, playing organ. Quarry grounds, scrolls below figures inscribed in graphite "in heaven their angels do always behold / the face of my father which is in heaven". Tracery lights show multi-colored flowers and foliage.
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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