Virtuous Woman Spinning

Maker Unknown, British

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

She Layeth her Hand to the Spindle
Photograph of a Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Dateca. 1874

Mediumphotograph

Dimensions7 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (20 x 15.6 cm.) mount: 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (28.6 x 18.4 cm.)

DescriptionFemale figure seated on pedestal, facing right. An upright spindle is on the right, she holds the thread from it in her hands.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink: "No. 3" recto upper center in black ink and graphite: "SP 241[crossed out in graphite] / 126" recto upper right in blue ink on white paper: "F.061" recto lower center in black ink over graphite: "589" recto upper right on photograph in graphite: "126"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.2667