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A carving of the virtue of Hope (DP00/081, 083). It would have formed a central feature of the decorated stern of The Swan. Hope is depicted as a draped female figure holding one of her attributes, a ...

DP 174075

Description A carving of the virtue of Hope (DP00/081, 083). It would have formed a central feature of the decorated stern of The Swan. Hope is depicted as a draped female figure holding one of her attributes, a crow. The other attributes are two oak trees, signifying strength, and an anchor—anchora spei—the anchor of hope. Scale 50 centimetres. (Colin Martin)

Collection Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin

Catalogue Number DP 174075

Category On-line Digital Images

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1405175

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

Collection Hierarchy - Item Level

Collection Level (551 434) Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin

Group Level (551 434/5) Duart Point

>> Batch Level (551 434/5/5) 'Group D'

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Attribution: © Courtesy of HES (Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin Collection)

Licence Type: Full

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