Drawings

Charity; Faith; Christ as Sower; Hope; Liberty

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1912
Accession number: 2000.5.1426
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designers: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 15 in. (27.6 x 38.1 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: fiv elancets. Left to right first lancet shows Charity in golden armor with red and green cape - cutting corner of it with knife. Second lancet shows Faith in blue with purple sash, holding palm and cup with serpent. Third light shows Christ as sower in red, bag of seed around body. Fourth light shows Hope in green over blue, turned to left. Fifth light shows Liberty in red, holding red and green shaded wings. Square quarry grounds, name-scrolls 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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