Reception of Soldier into Paradise

Designerdesigned by John Henry Dearle (British, 1860 - 1932)

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

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1920

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions12 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (31.8 x 24.4 cm.)

DescriptionThree lights and three quatrefoils. Lights separated into two tiers - smaller panels at base. Left light shows four angels with trumpet, cymbals and harp. Below, angel kneeling in profile. Central light shows Christ receiving soldier into Paradise - below, Holy City and landscape and scroll that reads "THEY CLIMBED THE STEEP ASCENT OF HEAVEN THROUGH PERIL AND PAIN". Right light shows four angels with trumpet, double-pipe and harp. Below, kneeling angel in profile. Above three quatrefoils showing two angels with scrolls, badge in wreath at top/

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "NORTH AMPTON"; recto lower left in black ink, same hand: "SCALE 3/4" = 1' "; recto left side in graphite: "O Death! Where / is thy strength"; recto right side in graphite, same hand: "____ where is / Victory"; recto bottom in graphite, same hand: "Through peril, toil and pain"; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "342-1920"; verso at center in graphite: "Northampton"; verso at center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 342 Oct. 4, 1920 / Mr. Titcomb / Mr. Chadwick / Mr. Watson"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.860