Valour; 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. 1948
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (19.1 x 10.8 cm.)
DescriptionTwo lights and tracery. Left light shows Valor in red tunic over gold armor with green sash holding blue and gold shield and grasping sword hilt. Right light shows Fortitude in green tunic over armor and mail, holding red shield full of arrows and broken sword. Plain quarry grounds, name-scrolls above. Tracery shows scene with three figures and sword above.
Inscribedrecto lower center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "486-1948";
verso center in black ink: "All Saints' Church. WHITSTABLE / Scale 3/4" to one Foot";
verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 486 1948";
verso center in black ink: "This sketch remains the property of / Duncan W. Dearle, F.R.S.A., / Kelmscott, / Elton Road, / PURLEY. / Surrey."
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1084
