Nativity

Maker Unknown, British

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

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

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Date1872

Mediumsilver nitrate

Dimensions5 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (14.3 x 13.7 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon. Four photographs pieced together to compose image. Mary seated at center with Christ child in lap Joseph standing to left. Stone wall behind them with manger of hay set in it, two angels wrapping it with cloth - six angels behind them. Two angels at right. Star shining at top center. Pencil sketchs indicate lengthening of image at top and bottom.

InscribedInscribed on card at upper left in black ink: L. P. 61. S. P. 195 center in graphite by a separate hand: 4 below left corner in graphite: Nativity lower right in graphite: Castle Howard in brown ink on cardat lower right: Please return to / Morris +Comp / Merton Abbey / Surrey by a separate hand: 3

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1515A