Christ's Charge to Saint Peter
Maker
John Henry Dearle
(British, 1860 - 1932)
Maker
Morris and Company
(London, British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Christ's Charge to St. Peter
- Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1902
Mediumcharcoal (graphite?) and chalk on paper
Dimensions68 × 17 5/8 in. (172.7 × 44.8 cm.)
DescriptionThree figures on beach. Figure at top standing in boat, pulling in net. Other two figures kneeling - one in blue robes with hands in prayer, the other with back to viewer, seated by baskets of fish. Vegetation and robes have been colored in.
Inscribedverso upper right in black ink: "202"
on outer brown wrapping:
two tags at either end reading "202" in black ink
another tag on central part of roll reading "202" in black ink: tag reads "Roll 202 / Swinton 3 lights / Christ's Charge to St. Peter"; printed below in black ink: "FROM MORRIS & COMPANY / ART-WORKERS LTD. / Merton Abbey, LONDON, S.W. 19"
on roll, written in black ink: "ORIGINAL / DESIGN / BY MR DEARLE"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1799
Unknown
ca. 1934
Object number: 2000.5.1030
