Apollo

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. 1879

Mediumphotograph

Dimensions7 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (18.7 x 7 cm.) mount (white paper): 10 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (26.4 x 11.4 cm.) mount (brown paper): 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (28.6 x 18.4 cm.)

DescriptionApollo seated in clouds, playing the lyre, signs of the zodiac behind, sun at upper left. Landscape below with two cupids holding banner reading: "VERIS / SUSCI / TATIO".

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "No. 134" recto upper right in blue ink: "S.048" recto lower center in black ink: "360a" recto upper left on white paper in black ink: "S.P. 360a" recto upper right on white paper in black ink: "56" recto lower center on white paper in black ink: "Venus - one of a series / of the Planets / by Sir E Burne Jones" recto lower left on white paper in black ink: "No 360a" recto lower right on white paper, typed, in black ink: "MORRIS & COMPANY"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.2416