Memorial Inscription

Maker Duncan Dearle (British, 1893 - 1954)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1946

Mediumgraphite on tracing paper

Dimensions14 3/8 x 20 7/8 in. (36.5 x 53 cm.)

DescriptionLarge rectangular panel divided in two (horizontal) sections: upper half shows two lines of text followed by small repeating floral decoration. Inscription reads: GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY NOVEMBER 1946". This pattern is repeated in teh lower half with the inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF / OF ELSIE GEE WHO DIED"

Inscribedrecto upper center in graphite: "RIGHT HAND" recto lower center in graphite: "LEFT HAND" recto across top, inscribed two times in graphite: "To the glory of God and in loving memory / of Elsie Gee who died November 1946"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1730