War

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. 1920

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions11 1/4 x 4 3/8 in. (28.6 x 11.1 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass. Three lights and tracery (three quatrefoils and trefoils and two small trefoils). Left light shows soldiers gathered, hands inprayer, one kneeling - ladscaped background. Central lancet shows Christ welcoming soldier to paradise - four angels above holdign lilies, palm, harp. Right light shows Peace - figures (mena and women) with wheatsheaf, orange branches, a square, an open book - shildren picking flowers - city in background. All three have grisaille work at toop and bottom and scroll beneath image.

Inscribedrecto bottom in graphite by Sandy Berger: "339-1920"; verso in graphite not by Sandy Berger: "Wordsworth/ Wesleyan Ch/ 3/4"; in graphite by Sandy Berger: "Pg. 339 July 7, 1920/ Mr. Glasby/ Mr. Chadwick/ Mr. Watson";

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.851