Valor; Fortitude
Designerdesigned by
Duncan Dearle
(British, 1893 - 1954)
Maker
Morris and Company
(British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1947
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions10 x 7 5/8 in. (25.4 x 19.4 cm.)
DescriptionTwo lights. Left light shows Valor in red tunic over golden armor, green sash, holding blue and gold shield, grasping sword hilt. Right light shows Fortitude in green tunic over golden armor, blue sash, holding broken sword and red shield full of arrows. The figures are standing on suspended pieces of turf, against plain quarried grounds. Name-scrolls above them, with multi-colored floral borders.
Inscribedrecto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "1947";
verso center in black ink, typed: "All Saints Church, WINNIPEG. Man. ["Ont." crossed out] Canada.";
verso upper center in blue ink: "1947";
verso center in black ink, typed: "This sketch remains the property of Duncan W. Dearle, F.R.S.A., "Kelmscott", Elton Road, Purley, / Surrey. England. to whom it should / be returned."
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1077
