Drawings

Hope; Faith

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1903
Accession number: 2000.5.1339
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designer: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (28.6 x 20.6 cm.)
Medium: watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper on board
Description: Design for stained glass: two lancets. Left lancet shows Hope in white with pink sash, holding hand in cloud and palm in right hand. Right lancet shows Faith in blue over white, holding lamp, serpent twined around left wrist and hydra at her feet. Close treework backgrounds. Pencilled circle drawn at top between two lancets. Large leaf pattern with fruit drawn on verso.
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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