Photographs

Folly

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1875
Accession number: 2000.5.1848F
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 2 3/8 x 2 in. (6 x 5.1 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Medium: silver nitrate
Description: Blindfolded female figure, stepping left leg across right leg to (viewer's) left, arms outspread, robes flowing, girded around chest - flowing hair and large cars. Cupid, blind folded with horn, seated on bubble at left. At right, down side appears "STULTITIA"
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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