Peace

Maker 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 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (31.4 x 23.8 cm.)

DescriptionDesign for stained glass. Three lights with cusped tops. Left light shows soldiers in armor (10) one kneeeling, holding baneers. Central light shows Christ as Salvator Mundi, flowers at his feet, minstrel angels flanking him. Right light shows city in background, men, women and children in foregorund, holding orange bough, sheaf, square, book, etc., children picking flowers.

Inscribedrecto note pinned to top of page in black ink: "Peace/1. Soldiers giving thanks for safe return/ 2. Christ. "Come unto me etc."/ 3. Peace following war showing the figures of "peace & plenty" Reconstruction, / "Education" (with work) the new generation/ gathering the flowers of life"; top in same hand as note: "Peace"; lower right in brown ink by same hand: "Richard Farmer/ Registrar/ 3 Apr 1919"; in brown ink by same hand: "Morris & Company/ Merton Abbey/ Surrey"; lower left in black ink by second hand: "SCALE 1"=1'"; in graphite by Sandy Berger: "335-1920"; verso in graphite by Sandy Berger: "Wilmslow/ Pg. 335 Jan. 30, 1920 Roll 187/ Mr. Dearle's design/ Mr. Titcomb/ Mr. Watson"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.843