Drawings

Fortitude; Saint Christopher; Centurion

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1928
Accession number: 2000.5.991
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (24.4 x 18.1 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Six lights and tracery. All are inserts on a field of quarries of stylized vines. The upper lights (l to r) show an emblem of Victory, a fist clenching a laurel wreath; a roundel of Peace showing the forging of swords into sickles and a date emblem listing 1928. Behind the roundel of Peace is an original design of a boat, possibly the "Ship" by E. Burne-Jones. The lower lights show Fortitude with a sword in his right hand and shield full of arrows. The central image shows St. Christopher stand in a river with the Christ child on his right shoulder. The right panel shows a Centurion with his hands clasped and a lance in the crook of his left arm. All three contain water imagery. Verso shows sketched swirl designs in graphite.
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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