Photographs

Visiting the Prisoners

Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: n.d.
Accession number: 2000.5.1809F
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: 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (6.7 x 6.7 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Medium: silver nitrate
Description: Inside prison cell, two figures on floor near round barred window. Figure on left wearing chain around ankle which is fastened to wall at upper left. Female figure at right reading from a book to which the other bends forward to listen.
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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