Adoration

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 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (14.9 x 14 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon. Four photographs pieced together to form image. Three Magi standing at left, bearing gifts, Mary seated at right holding Christ child - rocks and trees in background. Pencil sketches above and below photo indicate extensions in length of image.

InscribedInscribed on card at upper left in black ink: L. P. 62. S. P. 194 center in graphite by a separate hand: 5 below left corner in graphite: Adoration 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 number2000.5.1515B