Design drawing for stained glass with David playing harp and St Cecelia playing organ, both surrounded by heavenly choirs, bells, trumpets, and animals: giraffe, mice, monkeys, rabbit, horse, etc.

Annotations on drawing: SM 86, G 5259.
DGS Slide no. 419.
Sticker: Stained Glass Association of America, Gothic.

Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109).
Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.

David was a skilled musician and poet, and he played the harp to soothe King Saul when he was tormented by evil spirits. David's musical abilities and his role as a psalmist also led him to be associated with the worship of God and with the expression of devotion and praise. The image of David playing the harp remains a symbol of the connection between music, worship, and devotion in Western tradition.