Drawings

Valor; Fortitude

Image not available

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1947
Accession number: 2000.5.1077
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by Duncan Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1893–1954)
Dimensions: 10 x 7 5/8 in. (25.4 x 19.4 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights. Left light shows Valor in red tunic over golden armor, green sash, holding blue and gold shield, grasping sword hilt. Right light shows Fortitude in green tunic over golden armor, blue sash, holding broken sword and red shield full of arrows. The figures are standing on suspended pieces of turf, against plain quarried grounds. Name-scrolls above them, with multi-colored floral borders.
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)

You might also be interested in