Delphic Sibyl

Maker Unknown, British

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Date1872

Mediumsilver nitrate

Dimensions6 x 2 5/8 in. (15.2 x 6.7 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon: photo cut in half, pasted next to each other to complete figure. Figure of Sibyl in long robes, crown of thorns on head, turned to right, holding scroll- pencil sketches between figure's two hands.

InscribedInscribed on recto at upper left in black ink: F. P. 123 above center in graphite by a separate hand: 14 below lef tof photo in graphite by a separate hand: Delphic Sibyl in brown ink on card at lower right: Please return to/ Morris & Comp y/ Merton Abbey Surrey by a separate hand: 5

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1517E