Feeding the Hungry
Maker
John Henry Dearle
(British, 1860 - 1932)
Maker
Morris and Company
(British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Daten.d.
Mediumgraphite, charcoal and watercolor on paper
Dimensions47 5/8 x 27 3/8 in. (121 x 69.5 cm.)
DescriptionSingle cusped light. Female figure at right, holding basket, for children gathered at left with hands extended towards her. One child seated in foreground holding food. Woman is reaching in basket to give to the others. Landscape background.
Inscribedrecto upper left in brown ink: "GUILDHALL / LONDON"
recto upper right in graphite: "no leaves / bare trees only / JHD"
verso lower center in graphite - SB?: "Guildhall, London / Roll 255"; "Feeding the Hungry / St George and Dragon"
on outer brown wrapping:
label at one end reading in black ink: "255"
on central part of roll in black ink: "255"; in black ink: "S. GEORGE AND DRAGON / AND FEEDING THE HUNGRY / MR DEARLES DESIGN"; in graphite - separate hand: "GUILDHALL, LONDON"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1653
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1930
Object number: 2000.5.1000
John Henry Dearle
1912
Object number: 2000.5.665
John Henry Dearle
ca. 1936
Object number: 2000.5.493
Unknown, British
ca. 1936
Object number: 2000.5.2872
