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Jane Morris in the garden of Tudor House
Parsons, John R. - Enlarge image
Jane Morris in the garden of Tudor House
- Object:
Photograph
- Place of origin:
Chelsea, England (photographed)
- Date:
08/07/1865 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Parsons, John R. (photographer)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, born 1828 - died 1882 (artist) - Materials and Techniques:
Albumen print from wet collodion-on-glass negative
- Museum number:
1740-1939
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case X, shelf 610, box A
Jane Burden, the daughter of an Oxford ostler, married William Morris in 1859. Her large features did not fit the mid-Victorian ideal of beauty, but her long neck, full lips and rippling hair became synonymous with a type of beauty created by Rossetti and his circle. This photograph shows her in the artistic dress that she adopted after her marriage. It is one of a number for which she modelled in poses set by Rossetti in his garden in Chelsea. At the time they were beginning a romantic liaison, which was to last until 1875. The photograph formed the basis of the composition Pandora, which was executed in chalks in 1869. This is now in the Faringdon Collection at Buscot Park in Berkshire.
