Drawings

Faith; Saint Michael

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1948
Accession number: 2000.5.1086
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by Duncan Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1893–1954)
Dimensions: 8 x 5 5/8 in. (20.3 x 14.3 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights. Left light shows Faith in blue over red, with green sash, holding lamp in left hand, snake twined around right, Hydra at her feet. Right light shows St. Michael in blue over golden armor, red wings, holding green shield and spear. Plain quarry grounds, name-scrolls above. Scroll across base panels which reads: "THE LABEL SHOULD EMBODY THE WORDS / OF A SUITABLE COMMEMORATIVE / INSCRIPTION".
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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