Sermon on the Mount

Maker 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. 1913

Mediumgraphite on paper

Dimensions148 1/2 x 27 in. (377.2 x 68.6 cm.)

DescriptionGroup of figures at different heights, child seated in grass at base - 7 of figures clustered together facing viewer (2 of whom were saints), 2 additional with backs to viewer. Hills and trees above.

Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "ISLE OF WIGHT / St. Helen's Church" verso upper left in graphite: "NO 3" outer wrappings of roll in brown ink: "J.G. Wight Roll 152 / St. Helen's Church 3 Light / "Sermon on the Mount" / Mr. Dearle's"; Inscriptions, bottom of label, printed in black ink: "FROM MORRIS & COMPANY / DECORATORS LTD. / Merton Abbey, SURREY"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1594