Calling of Saint Peter

Maker Unknown, British

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Calling of St. Peter
Photograph of a Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Dateca. 1874

Mediumphotograph

Dimensions6 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (15.6 x 14 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionChrist standing at left in long robes, holding out left hand; man at center, bending over net of fish; St. Peter at right in tunic, gazing at Christ. Set on a beach, water at foreground, tree behind.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "S.P. 186" recto upper right in graphite: "608" recto lower left in graphite: "The Calling of St. Peter" recto right side in graphite: "Paisley Abbey" on card: recto upper right in black ink: "133" recto lower right in graphite: "Please return to / Morris & Compy / Merton Abbey / Surrey"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1979b