Drawings

Saint Andrew; Saint Mary

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1898
Accession number: 2000.5.1296
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 7 x 2 3/4 in. (17.8 x 7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lights and tracery. Left light shows Hope in white, long hair, red wings, hand reaching up above her head - standing on Despair. Right light shows Faith in white, holding cup with winged serpent and book, standing on Unbelief. Against blue patterned background, above and below briars and roses. Scrolls below reading "SPES" and "FIDES". Tracery above contains briars and roses.
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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