Rivers of Paradise

Maker Unknown, British

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

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

Additional Title(s)

Adoration of the Lamb

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Date1875

Mediumsilver nitrate

Dimensions6 x 2 1/4 in. (15.2 x 5.7 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon. The photograph is two images joined together. Angel standing in long robes, wings outstread, back turned to viewer, playing harp. She is gazing upwards - river winding beyond her from lower left to upper right.

InscribedInscribed on card at upper left in black ink: Roll 12 upper right in graphite by a second hand: 219 beneath right in graphite: Allerton 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 number2000.5.1592B