Photographs

Annunciation

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1872
Accession number: 2000.5.1516A
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 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (14.6 x 14 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Medium: silver nitrate
Description: Photograph of stained glass cartoon. Four photographs have been pieced together to compose image. Gabriel in profile at left, holding out right hand. Tree between Gabriel and Mary, with serpent twined around trunk, human head at base, dove flying above. Mary at right clasping robes about her. Drapery background.
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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