Sujet

Cross with angels, 1849. Creator: H C Maguire.

Légende

Cross with angels, 1849. Angels holding scrolls fly around a decorated cross which is sprouting leaves. The Latin inscription at the bottom reads: 'Arbor decora et fulgida ornata regis purpura', (O lovely and refulgent Tree, adorned with purpled majesty). Illustration to "Vexilla Regis", a hymn written by Venantius Fortunatus (c530-609 AD/CE) in honour of a large relic of the True Cross. Frontispiece from "Floriated Ornament: A Series of Thirty-one Designs", by Augustus Welby Pugin, Architect, [London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849].

Date

1849

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts

Notre référence

HRM26A45_228

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55.1Mo (6.1Mo) / 32.9cm x 42.0cm / 3885 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature Latin tree symbolic religious plant plants arts religion symbol art British living color design cross decoration decorative Christianity ornament angel crosses century crucifix angels Britain alive document print concept printing decorated SCROLL scrolls Colour 19th century graphic design hymn lithograph nineteenth century trees chromolithograph lithography illustration AWN Pugin chromolithograph H C Maguire HC Maguire Maguire H C Maguire HC True Cross lithotint A Pugin Jnr Pugin Augustus Welby Northmore Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin Augustus Welby Pugin Augustus W Pugin Henry George Augustus Pugin Pugin Augustus 19th-century lithographic Royal Academy of Arts Maguire H. C. H. C. Maguire Henry G. Bohn Bohn Henry G. Henry George Bohn Venantius Fortunatus Fortunatus Venantius Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus Venantius Honorius Clementianus Saint Venantius Fortunatus