Drawings
Hope; Charity; Faith
1 of 2
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Accession number
- 2000.5.854
- Maker
- Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
- Designer
- designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
- Dimensions
- 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm.)
- Medium
- watercolor and ink on paper
- Description
- Three lights and tracery panels (six panels alternating green and blue, central vine motif). Left light shows Hope in white with blue ribbons, holding palm, reaching towards sky. Central light shows Charity in white over red, holding child - flame coming from her palm, two children at her feet. Blue background with red pattern above. Right light shows Faith holding lamp, Hydra t her feet - in white over lue. Faith and Hope have red drapery ground, blue pattern above. Scrolls below figures, Gothic canopies above. Verso shows drawing of canopy for light.
- Credit
- The Huntington
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
