Drawings
Fortitude; Saint Christopher; Centurion
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- Date
- ca. 1928
- Accession number
- 2000.5.991
- Dimensions
- 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (24.4 x 18.1 cm.)
- Medium
- watercolor and ink on paper
- Description
- Six lights and tracery. All are inserts on a field of quarries of stylized vines. The upper lights (l to r) show an emblem of Victory, a fist clenching a laurel wreath; a roundel of Peace showing the forging of swords into sickles and a date emblem listing 1928. Behind the roundel of Peace is an original design of a boat, possibly the "Ship" by E. Burne-Jones. The lower lights show Fortitude with a sword in his right hand and shield full of arrows. The central image shows St. Christopher stand in a river with the Christ child on his right shoulder. The right panel shows a Centurion with his hands clasped and a lance in the crook of his left arm. All three contain water imagery. Verso shows sketched swirl designs in graphite.
