Jane Morris (née Burden) (1839-1914), Embroiderer and artist's model; wife of William Morris
Sitter associated with 24 portraits
In 1857, Burden was spotted by artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones in London, and was sought by them as a model. She sat initially for Rossetti and then for William Morris. The two became engaged and married in 1859. Burden was privately educated and recreated herself from the daughter of a stablehand into a lady. She was an accomplished embroiderer and worked with her husband in their furnishings business, embroidering items that he designed. In the late 1860s, Jane began a romantic liaison with Rossetti that lasted until 1876. She was the model for some of his most famous paintings, and her striking appearance provided him with inspiration for over twenty years.
Unknown woman, formerly known as Jane Morris (née Burden)
by Richard Doyle
pen and ink
NPG 3118
by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), after Dante Gabriel Rossetti
photograph of drawing, albumen print, 8 October 1863 (1861)
NPG P1273(4a)
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Bt and William Morris with their families
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x131265
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Bt and William Morris with their families
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x131266
The Burne-Jones and Morris families
by Frederick Hollyer
sepia-toned platinotype print, 1874
NPG x11881
by Robert Faulkner & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, October 1879
NPG x129536
by Paolo Lombardi
albumen cabinet card, 1881
NPG x6953
by Paolo Lombardi
albumen cabinet card, 1881
NPG x6955
by Sir Emery Walker
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x19603
by Harry F. Phillips
platinum print on card mount, circa 1900
NPG x17991
by Harry F. Phillips
platinum print on card mount, circa 1900
NPG x17990
May Morris; Jane Morris (née Burden); Jenny Jane Alice Morris; Ada Peerless
by Carter & Co
albumen cabinet card, Summer 1905
NPG x33260
May Morris; Jane Morris (née Burden); Jenny Jane Alice Morris; Ada Peerless
by Carter & Co
bromide print, Summer 1905
NPG x33259
Group including Jane Morris (née Burden), May Morris and Jenny Jane Alice Morris
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, 1905
NPG x76490
Group including Jane Morris (née Burden), May Morris and Jenny Jane Alice Morris
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, 1905
NPG x76491
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, late 1900s
NPG x27587
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