Christ Walking on the Water

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. 1915

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions13 1/2 x 10 in. (34.3 x 25.4 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass. Three lancets with tracery above: two trefoils showing crown and lamp, green branches in two other tracery lancets, quatrefoil with shield. Scene of Christ walking on water is shown across three lancets, with Christ in right lancet - ship at left riding waves, figure in the sea reaching out to Christ - starry sky above.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: OLD SWING FORD/ SOUTH WINDOW/ Scale 1/2"=1'"; down left side : "crown and anchor [pointing to lamp]"; "Cressy ship"; down right side in graphite by the same hand: "naval ensign/ + union jack [pointing to quatrefoil]"; "flags/ not shields [pointing to branch tracery]"; "cressy [pointing to right trefoil]"; "stars [pointing to trefoil]"; "family arms [pointing to inscription at bottom]"; "____ forground"; bottom in graphite: "When thou passed through the waters I will be with thee";

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.811