Photographs

Fourth Day of Creation

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1870
Accession number: 2000.5.2779
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: 3 7/16 x 1 1/4 in. (8.7 x 3.2 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: Cusped light. Full length angel, with six wings, holds globe in both hands. Globe shows sun at upper right and field of stars below, to its right are portions of two other globes representing the second and third days of creation. Second angel peers between upper wings.
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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