Photographs

Ascension (Praying Angels)

Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1903
Accession number: 2000.5.2717d
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (18.4 x 5.7 cm.) mount (page of album): 10 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. (26.7 x 21.3 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: Two angels, one's head appearing above and behind the other with wings crowded into top of light. Both gaze upwards. Front angels has hands clasped, wears robes with embroidered hem.
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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