Charity; Hate
Maker
Unknown
Maker
Morris and Company
(London, British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1871
Mediumwatercolor, ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.8 cm.)
DescriptionFour lights and tracery. Only the third light is partially completed, others are outlined in graphite. Tracery lights above third main light show figures sketched in graphite. Third light shows Charity in white, long yellow hair, flame emanating from open palm; she's holding child, two clutching her robes below. Shrubbery, trees and blue sky in background. Below, Hate lying on ground amidst flames.
Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "First design";
recto upper center in graphite: "[pound sign] 420";
recto upper right in graphite: "23";
recto lower left in black ink: "Wakefield Church / Aisle Window. 1st design / June 6th 1871";
recto lower right in black ink: "The property of Morris & Company / 26 Queen Square / Bloomsbury";
in upper tier of first light, in graphite: "Faith";
in lower tier of first light, in graphite: "Prudence";
in upper tier of second light, in graphite: "Hope";
in lower tier of second light, in graphite: "Temperance";
in lower tier of third light, in graphite: "Justice";
in upper tier of fourth light, in graphite: "Constancy", "Inconstancy";
in lower tier of fourth light, in graphite: "Fortitude"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1233
Unknown
ca. 1903
Object number: 2000.5.1342
