Calling of Saint John Inscription

Maker Duncan Dearle (British, 1893 - 1954)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Calling of St. John Inscription
Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1943

Mediumgraphite and watercolor on paper

Dimensions21 3/8 x 31 in. (54.3 x 78.7 cm.)

DescriptionRectangular panel - border of plain quarries with diamond and circular medallions across base scroll at center inscribed "GIVEN BY THE CHILDREN OF / THE PARISH · TO THE GLORY". Formal stylized floral decoration on brown ground surrounding scroll.

Inscribedrecto lower right in graphite: "S. JOHN'S PALMERS GREEN" recto down right side, inscribed 4 times in graphite: "THIS WINDOW WAS GIVEN BY / THE CHILDREN OF THE PARISH / TO THE GLORY OF GOD 1943"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1722