Sermon on the Mount

Maker Unknown, British

Maker Morris and Company (London, British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Daten.d.

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions14 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (37.8 x 27 cm.)

DescriptionFive lancets, rounded - left to right show figures of St. John (in yellow) and St. James (in red and blue) on landscaped ground; central 3 show Christ on mount in red with crowds of men, women and children around him - landscape background; beneath are 5 smaller panels with heraldry and scroll reading " LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN; " above rays emanating from large tree in clouds, dove descending

Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "MORCOMBE"; lower right in black ink: "Scale 3/4"=1'; verso upper left in graphite and separate hand: "MORCOMBE"; lower right: "1015" Traces of raised stamp on lower left of back - possibly a Morris &Co stamp

MarkingsTraces of raised stamp on lower left of back - possibly a Morris &Co stamp

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.657