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Shakespeare and Milton

Maker (British, 1861 - 1940)
ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS
Daten.d.
Mediumsilver nitrate
Dimensions3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (7.9 x 7.9 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon- divided in two. Two archways separated by Columns - backgrounds of drapery and foliage and fruit. At left stands Shakespeare, looking right, clasping cloak about him, holding pen and book. To the right is Milton standing, only in black outline.
InscribedInscribed on recto above right corner in graphite: 113 & 114 below photo in graphite: Shakespeare Milton 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 number2000.5.1536A
Homer and Aeschylus
Unknown, British
ca. 1892
Object number: 2000.5.1536B
Illustration 1 to Milton's "Comus": Comus and His Revellers
William Blake
ca. 1801
Object number: 000.20