Miraculous Draught of Fishes

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

Dateca. 1877

Mediumphotograph

Dimensions6 1/8 x 2 5/8 in. (15.6 x 6.7 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionChrist standing in boat, supplicating figure at right; two figures in foreground bending down to bring in nets full of fish.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "S.P. 203" recto upper right in graphite: "613" recto below in graphite: "Miraculous Draft of Fishes / New Ferry - 1877" on card: recto upper right in black ink: "135" recto lower right in black ink: "Please return to / Morris & Compy / Merton Abbey / Surrey"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1981c