Drawings

Samuel; Moses; David

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1868
Accession number: 2000.5.1219
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (24.1 x 7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Left light shows Samuel in green with patterned yellow lining, holding horn. Central light shows Moses in deep red cloak lined with green over patterned yellow and white, holding stone tablets; right light shows David, in turquoise and red over patterned white and yellow, wearing crown and holding harp. Four trefoils above form circle, themselves containing small circles of red or green. Main lights have quarry grounds with diagonal bands of lettering and coat of arms below in central light.
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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