Drawings

Australia; India

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1901
Accession number: 2000.5.1607
Makers: John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 40 1/4 x 13 5/8 in. (102.2 x 34.6 cm.)
Medium: graphite on paper
Description: Two female figures in profile to right, figure in foreground wearing garland in hair, holding small decorated box, sword at left side. This figure is Australia. The figure behind her, India, hold Australia by the shoulders, is wearing arm band, with hair tied up in cloth.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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