Photographs

Annunciation

Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1872
Accession number: 2000.5.1516B
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 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (14.3 x 14.6 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Medium: silver nitrate
Description: Photograph of stained glass cartoon. Four photographs pieced together to compose image. Gabriel standing at left in cloak, wreath on head, holding sprig. Potted lily at center, scroll floating near it reading "AVE MARIA GRATIA/ PLENA DOMINUS/ EST/ TECUM." Mary seated at right at desk, hands clasped. Figures in house - crossed beam ceilings, windows behind them with curtains drawn, foliage outside window. Pencil sketches around exterior of photo adding to length of image?
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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