Valour; Fortitude
Designerdesigned by
Edward Burne-Jones
(British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker
Morris and Company
(London, British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Date1930
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions6 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (15.9 x 17.1 cm.)
DescriptionTwo lancets - floral borders, floral quarried backgrounds left lancet shows Valour, right hand or sword-hilt on left - holding shield in left hand - in blue; right lancet shows Fortitude in green and armor, holding red shield full of arrows - sword drawn in right hand.
Inscribedrecto lower right in black ink: "Scale";
verso in graphite: "No 31";
in graphite by Sandy Berger: "Christchurch Harts/ S. George's Ch";
lower right: "1067"
stamp: verso center in purple: "MORRIS & Co. (ART-WORKERS) LTD./ MERTON ABBEY, S.W. 19"
Markingsstamp: verso center in purple: "MORRIS & Co. (ART-WORKERS) LTD./ MERTON ABBEY, S.W. 19"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.713
Edward Burne-Jones
1937
Object number: 2000.5.677
