Minstrel Angel with Short Pipes

Maker Unknown, British

Designerdesigned by William Morris (British, 1834 - 1896)

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

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Date1871

Mediumsilver nitrate

Dimensions3 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (8.3 x 4.4 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon: photo divided in two. Figure of woman in long robes, facing to left, playing short straigh tpipes, wreathed, with a girded robe. Pomegranate and foliage in background.

InscribedInscribed on recto at upper left in black ink: F. P. 34 above center in graphite by a separate hand: 47 in brown ink on card at lower right: Please return to/ Morris & Comp y/ Merton Abbey Surrey

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1525B