Building Athelney Abbey

Maker Unknown, British

Designerdesigned by William Harold Knight (British, 1867 - 1950)

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

Additional Title(s)

Photograph of a Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Date1932-1933

Mediumphotograph

Dimensions6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (15.6 x 11.4 cm.) mount: 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (28.6 x 18.4 cm.)

DescriptionFive men performing various tasks to build abbey. King Alfred, wearing a crown, seems to supervise. The figures are in a landscape with a lake at left and Italianate buildings at right in background.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "No. 7" recto upper center in black ink: "Roll 301" recto upper right in blue ink on white paper: "S.119" recto lower center in black ink: "78095" recto lower left on photograph in graphite: "78095"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.2486