Valour

Maker Unknown, British

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Daten.d.

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions12 x 8 3/8 in. (30.5 x 21.3 cm.)

DescriptionStained glass design of one rounded tracery. The figure of Valor is presented on a field of quarries surrounded by a border of grapes, grape leaves and flowers in green, pink and blue. Valor is standing with his left arm holding a sword pointed downward in his right is a shield. He is wearing a helmet and armor with a green patterned tunic over. Below him in quarries is a banner with his name.

Inscribedrecto upper left: "Coodham/Scale 1"=1'"; upper right: "78"; lower right: "The property of Morris & Co./ Merton Abbey/ Surrey"; verso lower right: "1056"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.697