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Earth

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Additional Title(s)
  • Persephone
Collections
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateca. 1750
Mediumstone
Dimensions96 x 32 in. (243.8 x 81.3 cm.) base: 62 x 48 in. (157.5 x 121.9 cm.)
DescriptionThis statue portrays Earth as a woman holding a cornucopia, which represents the riches of the earth. She is standing by a creature of the earth, a lion, and she is wearing a crown, which is a symbol of city life. This is one of four statues portraying Earth, Air, Water, and Fire, the four elements representing the nature and complexity of all the matter in terms of simpler substances in ancient cultures.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On view
Object number22.31
Fire
Fire
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.34
Water
Water
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.33
Air
Air
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.32
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : The fourth and fifth days of Creation
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : The fourth and fifth days of Creation
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.35
Illustration 9 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": The Temptation and Fall of Eve
Illustration 9 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": The Temptation and Fall of Eve
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.10
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : first title page
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : first title page
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.32
Illustration 11 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Michael Foretells the Crucifixion
Illustration 11 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Michael Foretells the Crucifixion
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.12
Illustration 3 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Old Dragon.
Illustration 3 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Old Dragon.
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.16
Photography © 2014 Fredrik Nilsen
Pandora
Chauncey Bradley Ives
1858
Object number: 95.3
Illustration 4 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods
Illustration 4 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.17
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.33
Illustration 2 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Satan, Sin, and Death: Satan Comes to the Gates of Hell
Illustration 2 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Satan, Sin, and Death: Satan Comes to the Gates of Hell
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.2