Christ as Love with Groups of Warriors and Men, Women and Children

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. 1918

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions12 3/8 x 15 in. (31.4 x 38.1 cm.)

DescriptionFive lancets with tracery, teo left lancets show soldier - in armor, with shields and spears; middle lancet is Christ as love in red, holding living tree cross, gesturing at Chalice, two angels above; four lancet shows warriors in prayer; fifth lancet shows men and women and children. Background shows city and landscape - stream in foreground. Tracery above show coats of arms, minstral angels and vines.

Inscribedrecto uper left in black ink: "Macclesfield Parish Ch"; graphite: "Tracery __/__ __ __/ __ __"; lower left in black ink: "3/4"= 1 foot"; in graphite: "Soldiers and women __rently/ regarding the Great example in/ preparation for the Sacrifice/ to be made"; lower center in graphite; "The Great Example/ the River of Life springing/ from the foot of the cross"; lower right in black ink: "Morris & Company/ Merton abbey/ Surrey"; in graphite: "Soldiers [ribboned?]/ from the Sacrifice/ giving thanks for safety and salvation"; in graphite: "Symbols of Peace and Prosperity/ Education, reconstruction and/ regeneration - the child representing/ the new generation ___/ flowers __ __ __ of the/ river of life"; signed in ink by the same hand: "Richard Faru__/Registrar/ 5 Feby 1918"; verso in graphite not by Sandy Berger: "Machsfield"; in graphite by Sandy Berger: "Pg. 317 June 27 + July 1, 1918/ Designed by Mr. Dearle/ Mr. Glasby/ Mr. Titcomb/ Mr. Watson"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.736