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The Morris and Burne-Jones families
Hollyer, Frederick, born 1837 - died 1933 - Enlarge image
The Morris and Burne-Jones families
- Object:
Photograph
- Place of origin:
Fulham, England (made)
- Date:
1874 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Hollyer, Frederick, born 1837 - died 1933 (photographer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Platinotype photograph
- Credit Line:
Given by Dr Robert Steele
- Museum number:
PH.1813-1939
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case X604
Frederick Hollyer took this photograph in the garden of the Grange, the Burne-Jones's house in Fulham, a suburb of London. It is one of a set of photographs that he took of the families of William Morris and his friend Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. From left to right the figures are: Burne-Jones's father, Edward Jones, who was on a visit from Birmingham, then Margaret, Edward, Philip and Georgiana Burne-Jones. Standing are May and William Morris. Jane (Morris's wife) and their second daughter, Jenny, are seated in front.
Hollyer took up photography about 1860. He became popular as a professional photographer in fashionable artistic and literary circles. From the mid 1870s he collaborated with Burne-Jones on a series of commercial reproductions of the painter's work. His studio may also have provided photographic services for Morris & Co.
