Minstrel Angel with Short Pipe

Maker Unknown, British

Designerdesigned by William Morris (British, 1834 - 1896)

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Date1873

Mediumsilver nitrate

Dimensions5 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (14.3 x 6.4 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon: photo divided in two. Angel in long robes, girded, turned to right, playing short straight pipes, walking on swirling clouds.

InscribedInscribed on recto at upper left in black ink: F. P. 34 above center in graphite by a separate hand: 49 upper right on photo: 49 in brown ink on card at lower right: Please return to/ Morris & Comp y/ Merton Abbey Surrey

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1525D