After Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, After John Henry Dearle, By Morris & Co.
Groups of Warriors (HD); Christ as Love (BJ); Group of Warriors (HD); Men Women and Children (HD) stained glass design for St Michael and All Angels Church, Macclesfield
Watercolour and ink on paper
1918
Merton Abbey, London, England
Dimensions: 31.4 cm x 38.1 cm
Collection Categories
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. and Morris & Co., Stained Glass - Designs and sketches
Inscribed recto uper left in black ink: "Macclesfield Parish Ch"; graphite: "Tracery __/__ __ __/ __ __"; lower left in black ink: "3/4"= 1 foot"; in graphite: "Soldiers and women __rently/ regarding the Great example in/ preparation for the Sacrifice/ to be made"; lower center in graphite; "The Great Example/ the River of Life springing/ from the foot of the cross"; lower right in black ink: "Morris & Company/ Merton abbey/ Surrey"; in graphite: "Soldiers [ribboned?]/ from the Sacrifice/ giving thanks for safety and salvation"; in graphite: "Symbols of Peace and Prosperity/ Education, reconstruction and/ regeneration - the child representing/ the new generation ___/ flowers __ __ __ of the/ river of life"; signed in ink by the same hand: "Richard Faru__/Registrar/ 5 Feby 1918"; verso in graphite not by Sandy Berger: "Machsfield"; in graphite by Sandy Berger: "Pg. 317 June 27 + July 1, 1918/ Designed by Mr. Dearle/ Mr. Glasby/ Mr. Titcomb/ Mr. Watson"
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Morris & Co. 1918
Sanford Lionel (Sandy) Berger 1999
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens - The Huntington 1999 - Present 2000.5.736 William Morris Collection
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
The Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle, 2 vols (1974 & 1975 - Catalogue) Albert Charles (A. C.) Sewter 1974
vol II pp. 125-126
The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
pp. 34, 50, 79, 129-132, 152-154, 159, 175, 183-185, 217, 260-261, 270, 319, 314, 347, 385, 387-388, 403-404, 435, 471, 523, 531