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Martha; Clothing the Naked

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1934
Accession number: 2000.5.1026
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 11 x 4 3/8 in. (27.9 x 11.1 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Single tall lancet. In top half, Martha in red over blue with green sash, holding bucket and keys, scroll below. In bottom half, scene of Clothing the naked, showing a figure in red holding white cloth up to seated figure in blue rags. Landscape background. Vine quarry ground. Border of multi-colored oak leaves and acorns.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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