Cimerian Sibyl

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

Dimensions6 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (15.6 x 7 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon: photo separated into two halves, pasted next to one another. Figure of sibyl in long robes, cloth wrapped around head, reading from large book.

InscribedInscribed on recto at upper right: 15 card at upper left in black ink: F. P. 122 above center in graphite by a separate hand: 15 below lef tof photo in graphite by a separate hand: Cimerian Sibyl in brown ink on card at lower right: Please return to/ Morris & Comp y/ Merton Abbey Surrey by a separate hand: 5

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1517C