Photographs

Christ in the Carpenter's Shop

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1875
Accession number: 2000.5.2785
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: 2 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (6.7 x 5.5 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: Christ stands at right, bent over carpentry's table, standing angel with dulcimer behind. Virgin Mary sits at right, winding skein. Joseph stands behind her working with hammer and chisel.
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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