Photographs

Good Samaritan

Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1875
Accession number: 2000.5.1592F
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 3 in. (13.7 x 7.6 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Medium: silver nitrate
Description: Photograph of stained glass cartoon. The photograph is two images joined together. Traveler in long robes seated on ground, leaning left hand on stone, drinking from a bottle held by the Samaritan standing above him to the left - Samaritan holds traveller's right hand in his left. This image shows some white highlights in faces and hands of figures.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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