Soldiers Returning Thanks for Victory and Deliverance; Christ Receiving Soldier into Paradise
Maker
Unknown
Maker
Morris and Company
(London, British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Daten.d.
Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions10 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (26.4 x 14.6 cm.)
DescriptionDesign for stained glass: two lights and tracery (four) of angel sholding scrolls against blue ground. Left light shows six soldiers, two holding banners, on ekneeling in foreground - city in background. Right light shows Christ receiving soldier into Paradise - Christ in red over white, arm around soldier, angels in background, one holding lily, one holding palm and book. Landscape backgrounds.
Inscribedrecto top in brown ink: "Rough sketch/ The Forester S Club's proposed/ memorial to the fallen./ Scale 3/4+1"
recto lower left in brown ink: "soldiers returning/ thanks for the victory+/ deliverance."
recto lower right in brown ink, by same hand: "Ovr ?: Lord receiving/ young soldier into/ Paradise."
verso lower right in pencil by SB: "1117"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1481
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1921
Object number: 2000.5.869
John Henry Dearle
ca. 1926
Object number: 2000.5.968
