Putto with Trumpet

Maker Unknown, British

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Dateca. 1874

Mediumsilver nitrate

Dimensions3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. (8.6 x 6.4 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon. Single putto standing in corner, facing right, blowing trumpet - set in corner of curved framework (left side of frame). This is a detail of a design for a window.

InscribedInscribed on recto at upper right: 87 upper leftin black ink: F.P. 111 above center in graphite by a separate hand: 87 in black 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 number2000.5.1533G