River of Life

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. 1922

Mediumgraphite on paper

Dimensions60 × 18 in. (152.4 × 45.7 cm.)

Description4 figures standing against landscape background - woman in foreground holding hand of child, scroll below.

Inscribedrecto bottom in graphite: "1' - 10"; recto upper left in graphite: "Folkestone" Two labels on outside of roll - one reading "196" (black ink); the other "Folkestone Roll 196 / river of Life / 3LW Mr. Dearles 1922" (black ink); (typed at bottom of label) "FROM MORRIS & COMPANY. / ART-WORKERS LTD. / Merton Abbey, LONDON, S.WL9." (black ink

MarkingsTwo labels on outside of roll - one reading "196" (black ink); the other "Folkestone Roll 196 / river of Life / 3LW Mr. Dearles 1922" (black ink); (typed at bottom of label) "FROM MORRIS & COMPANY. / ART-WORKERS LTD. / Merton Abbey, LONDON, S.WL9." (black ink)

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1570