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Jane Morris, posed by Rossetti

Photograph
1865 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Parsons, John R. (photographer)
Place of origin
London (photographed)

Photograph


Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleJane Morris, posed by Rossetti (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print from wet collodion-on-glass negative
Photography
Brief description
19thC; Anon, Mrs William Morris posed by Rossetti, 1865
Physical description
Photograph
Dimensions
  • Photograph height: 204mm
  • Photograph width: 160mm
  • Album closed height: 335mm
  • Album closed width: 260mm
  • Album closed depth: 55mm
Style
Pre-Raphaelite
Object history
Dr Robert Steele presented to the V&A (in 1939) the album bound in Morris fabric and containing the original 19th century albumen prints, then (in 1942) the modern prints made from the original negatives, which then belonged to the granddaughter of William Michael Rossetti.
Subject depicted
Morris, Jane
Bibliographic references
  • Julian Cox and Colin Ford, et al. Julia Margaret Cameron: the complete photographs. London : Thames and Hudson, 2003. Cat. no. 983
  • From Infancy to the Green Years[in Russian] Moscow: State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 2010. ISBN: 978-5-901124-73-4
  • Coe, Brian & Haworth-Booth, Mark. A Guide to Early Photographic Printing Processes. London: The Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Hurtwood Press, 1983.
  • Kingsley, Hope with contributions by Riopelle, Christopher Seduced by art : photography past and present London: National Gallery, 2012
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
1749-1939

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
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