Melchisedek

Maker Unknown, British

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

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

Additional Title(s)

Photograph of a Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Dateca. 1877

Mediumphotograph

Dimensions7 5/8 x 2 3/4 in. (19.4 x 7 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionMelchisedek, stooped, with long beard, in long decorated robes and crown, holding cup in right hand and bread in left.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "F.P. 339" recto upper right in graphite: "545" recto below in graphite: "Melchisedek - Birmingham / St. Martin's Ch. / 1877" on card: recto upper right in black ink: "106" recto lower right in black ink: "Please return to / Morris & Compy / Merton Abbey, Surrey"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1952b