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Building Athelney Abbey

Building Athelney Abbey

Maker
Designer (British, 1867 - 1950)
Maker (British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
  • Photograph of a Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS
Date1932-1933
Mediumphotograph
Dimensions6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (15.6 x 11.4 cm.) mount: 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (28.6 x 18.4 cm.)
DescriptionFive men performing various tasks to build abbey. King Alfred, wearing a crown, seems to supervise. The figures are in a landscape with a lake at left and Italianate buildings at right in background.
Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "No. 7" recto upper center in black ink: "Roll 301" recto upper right in blue ink on white paper: "S.119" recto lower center in black ink: "78095" recto lower left on photograph in graphite: "78095"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number2000.5.2486
Building Athelney Abbey
Building Athelney Abbey
Unknown, British
1932-1933
Object number: 2000.5.2824
Building Athelney Abbey
Building Athelney Abbey
Unknown, British
1932-1933
Object number: 2000.5.2825
Samuel and Samuel Brought to Eli; Enoch and Noah Building the Ark; Saint John Baptist and Saint John Baptist Preaching; Timothy and Saint Paul Preaching
Samuel and Samuel Brought to Eli; Enoch and Noah Building the Ark; Saint John Baptist and Saint John Baptist Preaching; Timothy and Saint Paul Preaching
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1930
Object number: 2000.5.1014
Moses Placed in the Ark of the Bulrushes
Moses Placed in the Ark of the Bulrushes
William Blake
ca. 1824
Object number: 000.28
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.33
Saint John Baptist; Building of the Temple
Saint John Baptist; Building of the Temple
Unknown, British
ca. 1864
Object number: 2000.5.398
Sermon on the Mount
Sermon on the Mount
Unknown, British
ca. 1927
Object number: 2000.5.2843
Saladin, and the Assassin
Saladin, and the Assassin
William Blake
ca. 1819-1820
Object number: 000.49
Noah Building the Ark
Noah Building the Ark
Unknown, British
ca. 1873
Object number: 2000.5.1900c
David Instructing Solomon for the Building of the Temple
David Instructing Solomon for the Building of the Temple
Unknown, British
ca. 1883
Object number: 2000.5.1917
The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi
The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.43
Westminster Abbey, Cloisters
Westminster Abbey, Cloisters
John William Inchbold
n.d.
Object number: 69.26