Christ Receiving a Soldier into Paradise
Designerdesigned by
John Henry Dearle
(British, 1860 - 1932)
Maker
Morris and Company
(British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1923
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions8 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. (22.5 x 10.8 cm.)
DescriptionTwo lights and tracery above (two trefoils of blue, one quatrefoil in top center of angel holding scroll). Left light shows soldier in armor, kneeling, caught in brambles. Landscape and two angels behind, holding palm and crown. Right light shows Christ in red over white holding hand of soldier, landscape and two angels behind holding harp. Scroll below Christ which reads 'THEY CLIMBED THE STEEP / ASCENT [illegible]'.
Inscribedrecto lower center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "376-1923";
verso center in graphite: "Bournemouth / 1' ";
verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 376 July 10, 1923 Roll 203? / Mr. Titcomb / Mr. Seeley / Mr. Chadwick"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.943
Unknown
n.d.
Object number: 2000.5.1481
John Henry Dearle
ca. 1926
Object number: 2000.5.968
