Sol

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. 1879

Mediumphotograph

Dimensions3 1/4 x 2 in. (8.3 x 5.1 cm.)

DescriptionFemale figure, crowned with laurel, and flaming halo, seated on bank of clouds, playing elaborate lyre. Lion, facing left, sits at her right. Landscape visible below. Scroll at upper left inscribed: "SOLIS / AUREU / SIDUS".

Inscribedverso upper left in graphite: "FP 46." verso upper center in graphite: "S P 334." verso lower center in graphite: "H 353" [underlined]

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.2799

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