Annunciation

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 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (14.6 x 14 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon. Four photographs have been pieced together to compose image. Gabriel in profile at left, holding out right hand. Tree between Gabriel and Mary, with serpent twined around trunk, human head at base, dove flying above. Mary at right clasping robes about her. Drapery background.

InscribedInscribed on card at upper left in black ink: L. P. 60. S. P. 196 center in graphite by a separate hand: 6 below left corner in graphite: Annunciation lower right in graphite: Castle Howard in brown ink on card at lower right: Please return to / Morris +Comp / Merton Abbey / Surrey by a separate hand: 4

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1516A