Drawings

Christ the Sower; Saint Paul Preaching

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1919
Accession number: 2000.5.831
Makers: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (23.5 x 9.5 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass. Single lancet, quarries above both subjects. Top part of lancet shows Christ the sower in red with bag of seed. Blue crolled background. Scroll above that reads "THE SOWER." Bottom of lancet shows scene of St. Paul preaching. Temples in background- St PAul in blue speaking to three others.
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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