Rivers of Paradise

Maker Unknown, British

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Date1875

Mediumsilver nitrate

Dimensions5 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (14.9 x 7.3 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon. The photograph is two images joined together. The image shows an angel with a harp facing right in the foreground. A bull with wings and halo, the symbol of St. Luke is hown behind.

InscribedInscribed on card at upper left in black ink: Roll 12 upper right in graphite by a second hand: 215 in graphite by a third hand: Allerton in black ink on card: Please return to/ Morris & Comp/ Merton Abbey Surrey

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1591D