Apollo
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
ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS
Dateca. 1879
Mediumphotograph
Dimensions7 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (18.7 x 7 cm.)
mount (white paper): 10 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (26.4 x 11.4 cm.)
mount (brown paper): 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (28.6 x 18.4 cm.)
DescriptionApollo seated in clouds, playing the lyre, signs of the zodiac behind, sun at upper left. Landscape below with two cupids holding banner reading: "VERIS / SUSCI / TATIO".
Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "No. 134"
recto upper right in blue ink: "S.048"
recto lower center in black ink: "360a"
recto upper left on white paper in black ink: "S.P. 360a"
recto upper right on white paper in black ink: "56"
recto lower center on white paper in black ink: "Venus - one of a series / of the Planets / by Sir E Burne Jones"
recto lower left on white paper in black ink: "No 360a"
recto lower right on white paper, typed, in black ink: "MORRIS & COMPANY"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.2416
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.17
