Drawings

Charity; Fortitude

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1897
Accession number: 2000.5.1290
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 9 1/2 in. (25.1 x 24.1 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lancets. Left lancet shows Charity in crimson, flames issuing from her head. In panel below, David lamenting - in crimson, on floor, before throne, head in hands, two figures standing nearby. Right lancet shwos Fortitude in pink over white, holding sword and red shield. Below, scene of David consoled - David on throne holding sword, figures standing to either side. Blue drapery backgrounds - plain quarries above and below in left lancet with multi-colored border. Scrolls above figures inscibed "CARITAS" and "FORTITUDO".
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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