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Envy

Designer (British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker (British, 1861 - 1940)
ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS
Dateca. 1873
Mediumsilver nitrate
Dimensions2 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. (7.3 x 4.8 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
DescriptionPhotograph of stained glass cartoon. The crouching figure, labelled as Envy, is presented within a stone niche. The figure is wearing a heavily folding garment/gown. Flames are reaching around her. Her ears are pointed and her tongue has become a serpent. There is an outline of figures that were intended to stand in the panel above.
InscribedInscribed on recto of card above left corner in black ink: S.P. 17 below photo in graphite: Envy Rochdale above upper right in graphite: 202 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 number2000.5.1549B