Christ with the Cross

Maker Duncan Dearle (British, 1893 - 1954)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1950

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions16 1/2 x 8 in. (41.9 x 20.3 cm.)

DescriptionStained glass design for two lancets with tracery above. Christ is depicted in the left window carrying the cross with a soldier and Mary behind him. Right window shows a soldier kneeling with his shield and sword on the ground. Behind him are three figures. At the bottom of the window is written: "Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends." Beneath the window with Christ is the symbol for the Royal Army, beneath the other window the symbol of the Royal Air Force and in the tracery above the symbol for the Royal Navy.

Inscribedverso center in graphite by Sandy Berger: S Andrews-Wesley United Ch./ Vancouver B.C. 195?"; lower in ink by a second hand: "Whitstable Parish Ch: War Memorial/ This sketch remains the property of/ Duncan W. Dearle. F.R.S.A.,/ Kelmscott / Elton Ad. Purley Surrey/ to whom it should be returned"; lower right by Sandy Berger: "1155"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.746