Photographs

Harrowing of Hell

Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1877
Accession number: 2000.5.1898g
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 2 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (6 x 8.9 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: Adam and Eve at left with another figure standing over group of four children, hands in prayer. Christ is emerging from doorway at right, wearing long robes, holding out right hand. Landscape 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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