Drawings
Valour; Fortitude
- Date
- ca. 1917
- Accession number
- 2000.5.820
- Makers
- designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
- Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
- Dimensions
- 8 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. (21 x 11.7 cm.)
- Medium
- watercolor and ink on paper
- Description
- Design for stained glass. Two lights and lunette above. Left lancet shows Valour in white tunic and armor, red sash, grasping sword hilt and shield. Right lancet shows fortitude, in armor with red sash, green shield and broken sword. Both have blue drapery backgrounds, foliage above with name-scrolls, small coats of arms in corners. Scroll beneath that reads: "NAMES OF THOSE WHOSE MEMORY IS TO BE PERPETUATED." Lunette above shows angel in center with scroll "DULCE ET DECORUM/ EST PRO PATRIA MORI." Foliage either side.
- Credit
- The Huntington
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
