The Calling of Saint John

Designerdesigned by Duncan Dearle (British, 1893 - 1954)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass
The Calling of St. John

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1950

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions10 x 7 1/8 in. (25.4 x 18.1 cm.)

DescriptionTwo lights. Left light shows two men in a boat at sea pulling in nets and in foreground three seated figures on shore, two standing. Landscape beyond. Right light shows Christ seated in red over white, figure in blue standing behind him, child in white offering him flowers. Landscape and city in background, flowers in left foreground.

Inscribedrecto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "487-1950"; verso center in black ink: "S. Giles' Ch. Dallington. Sussex. / Scale 1" = 1 foot"; verso center in black ink, same hand: "This sketch is the property of / Duncan W. Dearle, F.R.S.A. / "Kelmscott", / Elton Road / Purley. Surrey. to whom it / should be returned"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 487 1950"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1090