Drawings

Reception of Soldier into Paradise

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1920
Accession number: 2000.5.860
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (31.8 x 24.4 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Three lights and three quatrefoils. Lights separated into two tiers - smaller panels at base. Left light shows four angels with trumpet, cymbals and harp. Below, angel kneeling in profile. Central light shows Christ receiving soldier into Paradise - below, Holy City and landscape and scroll that reads "THEY CLIMBED THE STEEP ASCENT OF HEAVEN THROUGH PERIL AND PAIN". Right light shows four angels with trumpet, double-pipe and harp. Below, kneeling angel in profile. Above three quatrefoils showing two angels with scrolls, badge in wreath at top/
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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