Drawings

Temperance; Prudence; Humility

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1909
Accession number: 2000.5.1389
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (29.8 x 22.2 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Design for stained glass: three lights and tracery. Left light shows Temperance in blue with pink sash, holding jug, pouring water from it into flames. Central light shows Prudence in gold over yellow, holding open book and small mirror. Right light shows Humility in russet (torn at bottm) over yellow, holding lamb in arms. Backgrounds of foliated scroll-work, name-scrolls above; panels of red, green and blue circular pattern-work along bases. Tracery of blue, red and grey foliage.
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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