Christ Healing the Woman with an Issue of Blood; Group of Three Women

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. 1931

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions12 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (32.4 x 23.5 cm.)

DescriptionTwo lights and tracery. Left light shows Christ in white patterned cloth over red robe, another bearded figure behind him. Landscape background with trees. Right light shows Group of three women in blue, mauve and white-patterned robes - one kneeling to Christ in foreground. City and landscape in background. Below, scroll extending across both panels against deep blue ground. Above, circular tracery of three lilies on blue ground with five floral lobes.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "TUPSLEY CH"; recto lower right in black ink: "Scale 1" = 1' "; recto lower center in black ink, separate hand: "To the Glory of Go, and in loving & grateful remembrance / of Sarah Elizabeth Bowers who went to sleep on 8th October 1930, / this window is given by her husband and daughters - / And Jesus said 'Somebody hath touched me, for I / perceive that virtue is gone out of me.' "; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "452-1931"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 452 1931 / Mr. Seeley / Mr. Chadwick"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1019