Passage of the Red Sea

Maker Unknown, British

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

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Moses Parting the Red Sea
Photograph of a Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS

Dateca. 1885

Mediumphotograph

Dimensions3 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. (8.3 x 6.7 cm.)

DescriptionFigure of Moses, standing, facing right, both arms outstretched over stylized sea with heads and torsos of solders bobbing in the waves.

Inscribedrecto lower center in graphite: "465"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.2756

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