Annunciation
Maker
Unknown, British
Designerdesigned by
Edward Burne-Jones
(British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker
Morris and Company
(British, 1861 - 1940)
Collections
ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS
Date1872
Mediumsilver nitrate
Dimensions5 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (14.3 x 14.6 cm.)
mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon. Four photographs pieced together to compose image. Gabriel standing at left in cloak, wreath on head, holding sprig. Potted lily at center, scroll floating near it reading "AVE MARIA GRATIA/ PLENA DOMINUS/ EST/ TECUM." Mary seated at right at desk, hands clasped. Figures in house - crossed beam ceilings, windows behind them with curtains drawn, foliage outside window. Pencil sketches around exterior of photo adding to length of image?
InscribedInscribed on card at upper left in black ink: L. P. 67. S. P. 118.
center in graphite by a separate hand: 7
below left corner in graphite: Annunciation
right edge in graphite: 30"
in brown ink on card at lower right: Please return to / Morris +Comp / Merton Abbey / Surrey
by a separate hand: 4
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.1516B
