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Teaching the Ignorant

Teaching the Ignorant

Maker
Designer (British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker (British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
  • Photograph of a Design for Stained Glass
  • Acts of Mercy
Collections
ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPHS
Dateca. 1875
Mediumphotograph
Dimensions2 5/16 x 2 1/4 in. (5.9 x 5.7 cm.)
DescriptionSeated woman holding nude infant in her left arm while a second infant leans into her left hip and a third sits on the ground below. On the left two young adults stand reading while four children congregate in front of them.
Inscribedrecto upper left in graphite: "2" verso upper center in black ink: "Clothing the naked." verso center in graphite: "242." recto in graphite: principal features of all figures outlined
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number2000.5.2784
Teaching the Ignorant
Teaching the Ignorant
Unknown, British
n.d.
Object number: 2000.5.1809C
Piety and Feeding the Hungry; Compassion and Teaching the Ignorant
Piety and Feeding the Hungry; Compassion and Teaching the Ignorant
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1930
Object number: 2000.5.1000
Saint Matthew; Saint Mark; Teaching the Ignorant; Sermon on the Mount; Feeding the Hungry; Leading the Blind; Visiting the Sick; Clothing the Naked; Saint Luke; Saint John; Visiting the Prisoners
Saint Matthew; Saint Mark; Teaching the Ignorant; Sermon on the Mount; Feeding the Hungry; Leading the Blind; Visiting the Sick; Clothing the Naked; Saint Luke; Saint John; Visiting the Prisoners
John Henry Dearle
ca. 1936
Object number: 2000.5.493
Saint Matthew; Saint Mark; Teaching the Ignorant; Sermon on the Mount; Feeding the Hungry; Leading the Blind; Visiting the Sick; Saint Luke; Saint John; Visiting the Prisoners; Clothing the Naked
Saint Matthew; Saint Mark; Teaching the Ignorant; Sermon on the Mount; Feeding the Hungry; Leading the Blind; Visiting the Sick; Saint Luke; Saint John; Visiting the Prisoners; Clothing the Naked
Unknown, British
ca. 1936
Object number: 2000.5.2872
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
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
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 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
Venus Teaching Cupid use of Bow
Venus Teaching Cupid use of Bow
Unknown, French, 16th Century
ca. 1600
Object number: 17.21
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
Flageolet Players
Flageolet Players
Matthew William Peters
ca. 1780's
Object number: 21.3
Illustration 6 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Raphael Warns Adam and Eve
Illustration 6 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Raphael Warns Adam and Eve
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.7