Danger [?]

Maker Unknown, British

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

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Dateca. 1874

Mediumsilver nitrate

Dimensions2 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. (7.3 x 7 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of design for embroidery. Savage looking man, naked except for bunches of leaves around waist - holding club in right hand, bending down to pick up leopard pelt.

InscribedInscribed on recto of card at at upper right in graphite: 150 below photo in graphite: Rounton Tapestry (Embroidery) below left corner in graphite: Danger in black 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 number2000.5.1541E