May Morris
(1862-1938), Designer and craftswoman; daughter of William MorrisMary ('May') Morris
Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 60 portraits
Artist associated with 1 portrait
Born on the 25 March, William and Jane's younger daughter Mary was always known as May. As an artist-craftswoman she specialised in embroidery, also designing wallpapers for Morris & Co. and taking a leading role in the Arts & Crafts Movement. Examples of her jewellery can be seen in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Active in the Socialist movement with Bernard Shaw, Eleanor Marx and Ramsay Macdonald, she was also a keen theatre-goer. May later edited her father's Collected Works, and maintained Kelmscott Manor in his memory.
by William Rothenstein
silverpoint, 1897
NPG 3049
by Robert Faulkner & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG x3739
by Robert Faulkner & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG x29071
by Robert Faulkner & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG x129531
by Robert Faulkner & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG x129532
by Robert Faulkner
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG x129533
by Robert Faulkner & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG x129534
by Robert Faulkner & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG x129535
by Unknown photographer
platinum print, 1870s
NPG x76482
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
On display in Room 21 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x131266
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x19860
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x19861
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x19864
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x19865
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x19866
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x19867
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x19868
The Burne-Jones and Morris families
by Frederick Hollyer
sepia-toned platinotype print, 1874
NPG x11881
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen cabinet card, 1874
NPG x19863
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass negative, circa 1880s-1890s
NPG x19692
by Unknown photographer
platinum print, circa 1880s-1890s
NPG x3741
by Unknown photographer
albumen cabinet card, circa 1880s-1890s
NPG x76483
by Frederick Hollyer
platinum print, 22 March 1886
NPG x19854
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, circa 1886
NPG x19855
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, circa 1886
NPG x19856
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, circa 1886
NPG x19857
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, circa 1886
NPG x19858
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, early 1890s
NPG x44650
by Unknown photographer
platinum print, early 1890s
NPG x29070
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, early 1890s
NPG x76473
by Unknown photographer
Cyanotype, early 1890s
NPG x76474
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, early 1890s
NPG x76475
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, early 1890s
NPG x76478
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1890
NPG x76479
The Hammersmith Socialist Society
possibly by Sir Emery Walker
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 1892
NPG x19650
Anna Oscara Steffen (née von Sydow); Halliday Sparling; May Morris; Gustaf Steffen
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1892-1893
NPG x32598
The staff of the Kelmscott Press
by Unknown photographer
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1893
NPG x32758
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1890s
NPG x76476
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, late 1890s
NPG x76488
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, late 1890s
NPG x76489
May Morris; Jane Morris (née Burden); Jane Alice ('Jenny') Morris; Ada Peerless
by Carter & Co
albumen cabinet card, Summer 1905
NPG x33260
May Morris; Jane Morris (née Burden); Jane Alice ('Jenny') Morris; Ada Peerless
by Carter & Co
bromide print, Summer 1905
NPG x33259
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, 1905
NPG x76487
Group including Jane Morris (née Burden), May Morris and Jane Alice ('Jenny') Morris
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, 1905
NPG x76490
Group including Jane Morris (née Burden), May Morris and Jane Alice ('Jenny') Morris
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, 1905
NPG x76491
by Unknown photographer
postcard print, circa 1915-1920
NPG x36246
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1915-1920
NPG x76477
May Morris; Lady Ottoline Morrell
by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, circa 1919
NPG Ax140667
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1920s
NPG x29072
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, circa 1920
NPG x76484
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, circa 1920
NPG x76485
by Unknown photographer
postcard print, before 1921
NPG x1105
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, mid 1920s
NPG x29073
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1924
NPG x3740
by Unknown photographer
bromide postcard print, June 1935
NPG x76481
by Unknown photographer
bromide print
NPG x76480
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print
NPG x76486
Related People
- Emma Morris (née Shelton) (grandmother)
- Jane Morris (née Burden) (mother)
- Jane Alice ('Jenny') Morris (sister)
- William Morris (father)
- Henry Halliday Sparling (husband)
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