Drawings

Fortitude with Two Scholars

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1922
Accession number: 2000.5.922
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Dimensions: 12 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (32.7 x 27 cm.)
Medium: watercolor, ink and graphite on paper
Description: One window. Fortitude standing at center onraised ground with shield full of arrows and holding broken sword. Background of landscape withcollege. Two scholars standing either side of Fortitude in blue jackets, one reading book (left) and other holding cricket bat and ball (right). Two coats of arms at each of left and right corners and one round crest below with scroll. Acanthus leaves framing scroll sketched in pencil at top. Tulip sketched in pencil at upper right. Verso shows sketch of wilted tulip.
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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