Drawings

Saint Martin; Charity

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1908
Accession number: 2000.5.1360
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 x 2 3/8 in. (10.2 x 6 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: two lights and tracery of minstrel angel playing double-pipes in white with red wings. Left light shows St Martin in green and brown cloak over armor, cutting cloak with knife. Right light shows Charity in red over white, long hair , flame emenating from her palm. She's holding infant and two children are clinging to her robes. Blue drapery backgrounds, sky 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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