Jane Morris (née Burden)
(1839-1914), Embroiderer and artist's model; wife of William MorrisSitter associated with 31 portraits
In 1857, Burden was spotted by artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones in Oxford, 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, after Dante Gabriel Rossetti
photograph of drawing, albumen print, 8 October 1863, based on a work of 1861
NPG P1273(4a)
by John Robert Parsons, copied by Emery Walker Ltd
bromide print, July 1865
NPG x137525
by John Robert Parsons, copied by Emery Walker Ltd
bromide print, July 1865
NPG x137526
by John Robert Parsons, copied by Emery Walker Ltd
bromide print, July 1865
NPG x137527
by John Robert Parsons, copied by Emery Walker Ltd
bromide print, July 1865
NPG x137528
Sir Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris with their families
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x131265
Sir Edward Burne-Jones 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
On display in Room 21 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
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
modern bromide print, May 1898
NPG x19600
by Sir Emery Walker
modern bromide print, May 1898
NPG x19601
by Sir Emery Walker
modern bromide print, May 1898
NPG x19602
by Sir Emery Walker
modern bromide print, May 1898
NPG x19603
by Sir Emery Walker
modern bromide print, May 1898
NPG x19604
by Sir Emery Walker
modern bromide print, May 1898
NPG x19605
by Sir Emery Walker
modern bromide print, May 1898
NPG x19606
Related People
- Jane Alice ('Jenny') Morris (daughter)
- Mary ('May') Morris (daughter)
- William Morris (husband)
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