Drawings

Joshua; Gideon

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1862
Accession number: 2000.5.1202
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (28.6 x 14.6 cm.) mount (board): 9 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. (24.8 x 38.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights with rose 5-foil above with red center showing small head and blue and white lobes. Both show Gothic canopies and broders, with four-square geometric patterns in red, blue and green below figures. Blue backgrounds behind figures. Left light shows Joshua in chain mail, green tunic, holding lance and shield. Right light shows Gideon in red robe over mail, blowing trumpet and holding lamp.
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)

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