Virgin and Child

Maker Unknown, British

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

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

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Date1873-1874

Mediumsilver nitrate

Dimensions7 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (19.1 x 7 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon. Th black and white photograph shows the Virgin in long robes, holding Christ child, his arms around her neck. Single image is composed of 3 photographs pasted alongside one another.

InscribedInscribed on card at upper left in black ink: S.P. 119 lower left in graphite: 2a lower right in graphite: Virgin and Child Fulford 1873. in brown ink on cardat lower right: Please return to/ Morris & Comp y/ Merton Abbey Surrey by a separate hand: 2

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1514A