Photographs

Passover in the Holy Family; Saint Mark [?] Healing a Blind Man

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1883
Accession number: 2000.5.2873
Maker: Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 5 1/16 in. (21 x 12.9 cm.) mount: 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (34.3 x 27.3 cm.)
Medium: photograph on board
Description: Two cusped lights. Left light shows Joseph, Virgin Mary, young Christ, and young John the Baptist preparing for Passover. Inscription below panel reads: "The light shineth in darkness / Born · in · London · May · 12 1828 · Died · at · Birchinston · Easter · Day · 1882". Right light shows saint (possibly St. Mark) raising hand to heal blind man. Bitch nursing pups at bottom left. Inscription below panel reads: "Christ Our Passover is sacrificed for us / to · the glory · of · God & · in · memory · of · my · dear · son · Gabriel · Chas · Dante · Rossetti."
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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