Nativity

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

Dimensions54 3/8 × 24 1/4 in. (138.1 × 61.6 cm.)

DescriptionAngel kneeling, in profile to right, hands in prayer, tall lilies behind, with small millefleurs clusters in lower foreground. Scroll above reads "UNTO".

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "NEW BILTON CH. / MR. Seebrooke"; in black ink - separate hand: "4' 2" x 5' 9 1/2"" on outer wrapping: small label at one end inscribed in black ink: "198" central label inscribed in brown ink: "NEW BILTON Roll 198 / Single Light / (Mr. Seabrook) / "NATIVITY"; in black ink - separate hand: "Mr. Dearle's Design"; printed below in black ink: "FROM MORRIS & COMPANY / ART DECORATORS LTD. / Merton Abbey, SURREY"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1661