Photographs

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: early 20th Century
Accession number: 2000.5.2884
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
Dimensions: 4 5/8 x 8 in. (11.7 x 20.3 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: Rectangular panel decorated with English roses and foliage. Panel at left reads: "PRINCEPS ILLE NIGER (NIVEIS CVI VERTICE PENNIS / CRISTA MINAX, VICTI REGIS CAESIQVE BOHEMI / EXVVIIS) HEROS EDVARDVS MAGNUS IN ARMIS, / HIC SEDEM POSVIT. SIC DICTA EST PRINCIPIS AVLA · HOC AVTHORE, FVT LIBERTAS CIVIBVS AVCTA: / MVNERIBVSQ ORNATA SVIS RES PVBLICA CREVIT · HINC DEPICTA, VIDES? PASSIM SVA PENNA PER VREBEM, / TESTATVR MAGNI MONIMENTVM ET PIGNVS AMORIS ·". At right, curtain gathered at upper corner with cords, crowned helmet at top from wich hangs shield with three stylized quills.
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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