Venus

Maker Unknown, British

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Photograph of a Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Date1873

Mediumphotograph

Dimensions2 5/8 x 2 3/8 in. (6.7 x 6 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionVenus seated on ox, holding a set of scales in her right hand, mirror in her left, into which she is gazing. Banner above reads: "STELLA / CANDIDA VENERIS".

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "S.P. 328" recto upper right in graphite: "341" recto below in graphite: "Venus - Woodlands / 1879" on card: recto upper right in black ink: "56" recto lower right in black ink: "Please return to / Morris & Compy / Merton Abbey / Surrey" recto lower center in graphite: "Holden Esqre"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1902a