Visiting the Prisoners
Maker
Unknown, British
Designerdesigned by
Edward Burne-Jones
(British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker
Morris and Company
(British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Acts of Mercy
- Photograph of a Design for Stained Glass
Collections
ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS
Dateca. 1875
Mediumphotograph
Dimensions2 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (6 x 5.7 cm.)
DescriptionRagged prisoner, shackled to wall, reclines at left. Second figure, seated, reads to him from open book. Brick wall with large barred circular window behind.
Inscribedverso upper center in black ink: "Visiting the prisoner"
verso upper right in graphite: "6"
verso center in graphite: "240" [0 is underlined]
recto across entire image in graphite: grid of 3/8" squares
recto center left: black ink blot
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.2782
Unknown, British
ca. 1936
Object number: 2000.5.2872
John Henry Dearle
ca. 1936
Object number: 2000.5.493
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