Choir of Angels with Scroll

Maker Unknown, British

Designerdesigned by Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833 - 1898)

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

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Dateca. 1872

Mediumsilver nitrate

Dimensions3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon. Group of six angels, shown from waist up (bottom halves immersed in clouds), some praying, some holding long curved scrol - wings crossed behind them. All are wearing choir gowns.

InscribedInscribed on recto of card above left corner in black ink: S.P. 12 below photo in graphite: Waterford above upper right in graphite: 183 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 number2000.5.1546H