Christ Walking on the Water
Designerdesigned by
John Henry Dearle
(British, 1860 - 1932)
Maker
Morris and Company
(London, British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1915
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions13 1/2 x 10 in. (34.3 x 25.4 cm.)
DescriptionDesign for stained glass. Three lancets with tracery above: two trefoils showing crown and lamp, green branches in two other tracery lancets, quatrefoil with shield. Scene of Christ walking on water is shown across three lancets, with Christ in right lancet - ship at left riding waves, figure in the sea reaching out to Christ - starry sky above.
Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: OLD SWING FORD/ SOUTH WINDOW/ Scale 1/2"=1'";
down left side : "crown and anchor [pointing to lamp]";
"Cressy ship";
down right side in graphite by the same hand: "naval ensign/ + union jack [pointing to quatrefoil]";
"flags/ not shields [pointing to branch tracery]";
"cressy [pointing to right trefoil]";
"stars [pointing to trefoil]";
"family arms [pointing to inscription at bottom]";
"____ forground";
bottom in graphite: "When thou passed through the waters I will be with thee";
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.811
