Drawings
Christ with the Cross
- Date
- ca. 1950
- Accession number
- 2000.5.746
- Makers
- Duncan Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1893–1954)
- Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
- Dimensions
- 16 1/2 x 8 in. (41.9 x 20.3 cm.)
- Medium
- watercolor and ink on paper
- Description
- Stained glass design for two lancets with tracery above. Christ is depicted in the left window carrying the cross with a soldier and Mary behind him. Right window shows a soldier kneeling with his shield and sword on the ground. Behind him are three figures. At the bottom of the window is written: "Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends." Beneath the window with Christ is the symbol for the Royal Army, beneath the other window the symbol of the Royal Air Force and in the tracery above the symbol for the Royal Navy.
- Credit
- The Huntington
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
