Charity; Justice

Designerdesigned by John Henry Dearle (British, 1860 - 1932)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1923

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions15 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (40.3 x 19.1 cm.)

DescriptionTwo lights and tracery. Left light depicts Charity with a child in left arm and protecting child with right. She is wearing a white and gold gown with a blue mantle lined in green. Her halo is red. The right light shows a figure of Justice with a sword in his right arm and scales in his left. He is wearing a white and gold tunic witha red mantle lined in blue. His halo is green and he is wearing a helmet. Both figures are presented in front of a black and white patterned curtain inside of a stylized vine arch with grass and flowers beneath and glass diamonds behind. Their names are beneath in coat of arms with stylized vines. The tracery depicts angels blowing horns, leading the blind, visitng the prisoners, two of the angels holding scrolls and flowers.

Inscribedrecto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "376-1923"; verso center in graphite: "Liverpool Cath / Chapter House"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 376 July 6, 1923"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.941