Hope; Faith

Maker Unknown

Maker Morris and Company (London, British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Daten.d.

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions10 x 7 3/4 in. (25.4 x 19.7 cm.)

DescriptionTwo lancets and tracery. Left lancet shows Hope in white with pink sash, holding palm, holding left hand up. Right lancet shows Faith in yellow over white, holding lamp, serpent around wrist and hydra on ground. Blue patterned backgrounds, dense foliage with fruit above and below. Tracery of trefoil showing flaming red heart on blue ground.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "Dumbarton"; recto upper left in graphite: "FRIZZEL MEMORIAL WINDOW / Scale 1/2" = 1' "; recto left side in graphite: "Hope"; recto right side in graphite: "Faith"; recto lower right in brown ink: "The property of Morris & Company / Merton Abbey Works / Surrey"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1255