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Nativity

Nativity

Maker
Designer (British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker (British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
  • Photograph of a Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS
Dateca. 1864
Mediumphotograph
Dimensions3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (8.6 x 7 cm.)
DescriptionVirgin Mary kneels over infant Christ at left, hands clasped in prayer. Joseph stands to right, robes covering body, long staff clasped within robes. Infant Christ, lying on ground, holds Mary's garment with left hand. Ox's head at lower right. Pillared openings in background. Four angels peer in from between openings.
Inscribedstamped recto lower center in blue ink: "Cooper & Humphreys / Commercial Photographers / 71. Newman Street, W."
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number2000.5.2755
Illustration 1 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Descent of Peace
Illustration 1 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Descent of Peace
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.14
Illustration 3 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Old Dragon.
Illustration 3 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Old Dragon.
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.16
Nativity
Nativity
Unknown, British
ca. 1862
Object number: 2000.5.2767
Nativity
Nativity
Unknown, British
1877
Object number: 2000.5.1851H
Illustration 4 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods
Illustration 4 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.17
Nativity
Nativity
Unknown, British
ca. 1874
Object number: 2000.5.2425
Illustration 2 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Annunciation to the Shepherds
Illustration 2 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Annunciation to the Shepherds
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.15
Nativity; Adoration of the Magi; Christ in the Carpenter's Shop; Christ Among the Doctors in the Temple
Nativity; Adoration of the Magi; Christ in the Carpenter's Shop; Christ Among the Doctors in the Temple
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1893
Object number: 2000.5.1269
Illustration 6 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Night of Peace
Illustration 6 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Night of Peace
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.19
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi
Unknown, British
ca. 1864
Object number: 2000.5.2041
Illustration 5 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Flight of Moloch
Illustration 5 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Flight of Moloch
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.18
Meeting of Lear and Cordelia
Meeting of Lear and Cordelia
Benjamin West
1784
Object number: 12.1