Drawings

Saint Louis; King Alfred; Saint Mungo

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1924
Accession number: 2000.5.953
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (26.7 x 16.2 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights with trefoil, two 5-foils and tracery. Left panel shows St. Louis in armor with a blue mantle with gold fleur-de-lis. He is leaning on his sword. The central panel shows King Alfred attired in blue with a gold mantle lined in green holding a staff in his right hand. Right panel shows Joan of Arc in a white tunic with a blue mantle with her hands clasped in prayer looking heavenward. Her sword points to the ground. Behind St. Mungo is a flap insert over the image. St. Mungo is holding staff in his right hand and a book in his left. He is depicted in a blue and gold vestments wearing a mitre. All figures are presented in front of a red curtain standing on grass with stylized vines above and below. The figures' names are below. 5-foils show angels playing dulcimers, trefoil shows a scroll.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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