Drawings

Mary Virgin; Saint Helena

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1928
Accession number: 2000.5.999
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (14 x 14.3 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights. The left light shows Mary Virgin in blue in an architectural setting holding a lily in her left hand. The right light shows St. Helena holding a large wooden cross, supported by her right shoulder, wearing green and brown in front of a blue curtain in an architectural setting. Figure of Mary is a replacement.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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