Drawings

Hope; Charity; Faith

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: n.d.
Accession number: 2000.5.652
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 6 in. (19.1 x 15.2 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lancet windows and tracery- all have foliage (with grapes) background, scrolls with names of figures below, and panels showing examples of their attributes, left in Hope or ("Spes")in green, holding palm and hand reaching to cloud, center is charity (or "Coritas") in red holding one child, another standing beside her; right is Faith ("Fides") in blue, holding lamp with Hydra at her feet
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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