The Calling of Saint Peter

Designerdesigned by Duncan Dearle (British, 1893 - 1954)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass
The Calling of St. Peter

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Daten.d.

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions8 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. (21 x 11.7 cm.)

DescriptionTwo lancets and quatrefoil. Left lancet shows figure in boat pulling in nets. St. Peter in foreground near basket of fish - kneeling on ground, in blue. Right lancet shows Christ in red over white, seated, figure in white behind him. Foliage behind, and sea; mountains and city in distance. Quatrefoil shows scroll on blue ground, reading "FROM / HENCEFORTH THOU / SHALT CATCH / MEN"

Inscribedverso upper left in black ink: "2"; verso upper left in black ink, typed: "St. Mary's Church. NELSON. Lancs. / (scale of One Inch to One Foot) / This sketch remains the property of; - / Duncan W. Dearle, F.R.S.A., / Kelmscott, Elton Road, Purley, Surrey. / To whom it should be returned."

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1076