Drawings

Saint George; Abraham

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1924
Accession number: 2000.5.955
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: 6 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (16.2 x 12.1 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights. Left light shows St. George in armor, with red shield and spear, scroll above his head reads "FIGHT THE GOOD / FIGHT OF FAITH". Right light shows Abraham in blue tunic with green sleeves, holding spear and green shield. Scroll above his head reads "LAY HOLD ON / ETERNAL LIFE". Quarry backgrounds. Scroll that is continuous across bottom of both lights reads "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE / MEN OF BIDBOROUGH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR / COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 AWCA DI 1924".
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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