Photographs

Emblems of Saint Matthew (Angel) and Saint Mark (Lion)

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1863
Accession number: 2000.5.2117
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: designed by Philip Webb(Opens in new tab) (British, 1831–1915)
Dimensions: 6 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. (16.2 x 23.5 cm.) mount: 14 5/8 x 11 1/4 in. (37.1 x 28.6 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: Angel at left, standing in long robes, wings spread, holding open book. Lion at right, standing on hind legs, roaring, wings spread, holding scroll. Plain quarry ground.
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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