Rivers of Paradise

Maker Unknown, British

Designerdesigned by Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833 - 1898)

Maker Morris and Company (London, British, 1861 - 1940)

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Date1875

Mediumsilver nitrate

Dimensions5 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (14.9 x 6 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon. The photograph is two images joined together. The image is the lower portion of the center panel. It shows a woman looking upward in prayer on the left. She is standing on the ground with foliage all around. The legs of a man are just behind her clasped hands. While swirls and parts of wings are also visible.

InscribedInscribed on card at upper left in black ink: Roll 12 upper right in graphite by a second hand: 214 in black ink on card: Please return to/ Morris & Comp/ Merton Abbey Surrey

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1591C