Hope

Maker Unknown, British

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Date1866

Mediumsilver nitrate

Dimensions6 x 2 in. (15.2 x 5.1 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon: divided in two. Female figure in long robe and flowing locks, turned up to right, winged, reaching up left hand in sky. Standing on Despair. Gridded ground. (Figure lying on ground, clutching head in hands)

InscribedInscribed on recto at upper right: L.P. 64 at upper left in black ink: L.P. 44 - F.P. 54 above center in graphite by a separate hand: 56 below left corner in graphite: Hope upper right of card in black ink: 15 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 number2000.5.1527B