Virtuous Women Giveth to the Poor

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 1/2 x 2 7/8 in. (8.9 x 7.3 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon: divided in two. Two female, figures, one seated at left, the other standing at right, her back turned - handling long pice of cloth. Panelled wooden seat with high back behind them - (a settle?)

InscribedInscribed on recto of card above left corner in black ink: S.P. 127 below photo in graphite: Virtuous Woman giveth to the Poor/ Paisley Abbey above upper right in graphite: 188 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 number2000.5.1546G