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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Drawings
Piety and Feeding the Hungry; Compassion and Teaching the Ignorant
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- Date
- ca. 1930
- Accession number
- 2000.5.1000
- 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
- 8 5/8 x 5 in. (21.9 x 12.7 cm.)
- Medium
- watercolor and ink on paper
- Description
- Two lancets. The left lancet shows Piety above in white pattern over red, holding apples on a plate, and below, Feeding the hungy: a woman in red with foold held in her skirts, giving it to people sitting on the ground before her. Right lancet shows Compassion in white over green, holding up red handkerchief and below, female figure in blue surrounded by children, Teaching the ignorant. Vine backgrounds, name scrolls above and below figures and behind them, blue scrolled drapery and tiled floor.
