Mary Virgin

Maker Unknown, British

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Date1874

Mediumsilver nitrate

Dimensions6 x 2 3/4 in. (15.2 x 7 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon: divided in two. Figure of Mary in girded robes, wearing cloak, clasping hands, looking down to right, eyes closed.

InscribedInscribed on recto at upper left in black ink: L.P. 53 above center in graphite by a separate hand: 68 below left corner in graphite: Mary at the Cross-Monkton 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 number2000.5.1529C