The Burne-Jones and Morris families

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The Burne-Jones and Morris families

by Frederick Hollyer
sepia-toned platinotype print, 1874
5 7/8 in. x 5 3/8 in. (150 mm x 135 mm)
Acquired, before 1975
Photographs Collection
NPG x11881

On display in Room 21 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery

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  • Frederick Hollyer (1838-1933), Photographer and art publisher. Artist or producer associated with 111 portraits, Sitter associated with 6 portraits.

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This photograph is from a sequence taken in the garden of the Burne-Jones's home in west London. Jane Morris is second from the right in front of her husband and between her daughters May and Jenny. The other sitters (from left) are Richard Jones, father of Edward, Margaret, Edward, Philip and Georgiana Burne-Jones.

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  • MacCarthy, Fiona, Anarchy & Beauty: William Morris and His Legacy 1860-1960, 2014 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 16 October 2014 - 11 January 2015), p. 133
  • Marsh, Jan, The Pre-Raphaelite Circle, 2013, p. 16 Read entry

    This photograph shows (from left to right) Edward Burne Jones's widowed father, Margaret Burne-Jones, Edward Burne-Jones, Philip Burne-Jones, Georgiana Burne-Jones, May Morris, William Morris, Jame Morris and Jenny Morris.

  • Marsh, Jan, Insights: The Pre-Raphaelite Circle, 2005, p. 16
  • Various, William Morris: Words & Wisdom, 2014 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 16 October 2014 - 11 January 2015)

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Current affairs

Disraeli becomes Prime Minister for the second time, winning the general election and giving the Conservative party its first absolute majority since the 1840s.
Professional opportunities for women develop, with the opening of the London School of Economics to women, the foundation of the London School of Medicine for Women and the Women's Protective and Provident League.

Art and science

The Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, etc., including Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Camille Pissarro organise an exhibition in Paris. Art critic Louis Leroy gives the group its name, criticising Monet's Impression, Sunrise for being merely an unfinished 'impression'. Impressionism becomes recognisable for techniques such as short, broken brushstrokes barely conveying forms, pure unblended colours, and an emphasis on the effects of light.

International

Britain annexes the Gold Coast, the region on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, now the independent nation of Ghana, following the second Ashanti war. The Treaty of Fomena secured massive financial reparations for the British, and strengthened their hold on the prosperous resources and trade routes in the regions. However, weakening the Ashanti tribe greatly destabilised the area.

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