Fortitude, Design for a Stained Glass Window

A tall vertical design drawing of a stained glass window in sepia and tan tones. A seated or standing robed female figure holding a column stands in a central panel beneath a pointed gable, with a rosette and ornamental tracery above and a lettered inscription band below. The scene is rendered in brush, watercolor and white gouache.

Artist

Francis Augustus Lathrop

Date

ca. 1890

Medium

Brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on tracing paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1076 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum