Flight into Egypt
Maker
Unknown, British
Designerdesigned by
Edward Burne-Jones
(British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker
Morris and Company
(London, British, 1861 - 1940)
Collections
ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS
Date1874
Mediumsilver nitrate
Dimensions5 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (14.6 x 13.3 cm.)
mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon. Four photographs were pasted together to compose image. Mary holding Christ in arms, seated on back of donkey - Joseph is leading it, holding staff - rocks behind and above them, city and forest. Pencil sketches above photo may denote extension of image of city and forest.
InscribedInscribed on card at upper left in black ink: L.P. 63 S.P. 272
center in graphite: 3
lower right in graphite: Virgin and Child Fulford 1873.
in brown ink on card at lower right: Please return to/ Morris & Comp y/ Merton Abbey Surrey
by a separate hand below photo on card in graphite: Flight into Egypt Castle Howard
on card by a separate hand in black ink: 2
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1514B
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.18
Claude Lorrain
after 1779
Object number: 2010.18.13
