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 × 27 in. (138.1 × 68.6 cm.)

DescriptionVirgin seated in throne holding child - rows of lilies behind and clusters of millefleurs in lower foreground. Scroll above reads "YOU IS BORN THIS DAY A SA"

Inscribedrecto upper center in graphite - SB?: "New Bilton Ch. Mr. Seebrooke / "Unto You is Born This Day A Saviour" 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 number2000.5.1662