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One of a set of photographs commissioned by Rossetti. As described by Julian Treuherz, Jane Morris had an extraordinary beauty, 'quite different from the Victorian ideal' which was not an invention,'even his late paintings, often described as exaggerated, are remarkably true to their original'.

  • Presented by Robert Steele, 1941.
  • © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Makers

Association Artist Organisation
Photographer John R Parsons -
Printer Sir Emery Walker -

Inscriptions

Type Position(s) Method Date(s) Notes
Copy by Emery Walker
Inscription below image Handwritten - Ink
 

Exhibitions

Catalogue No. Venue Date(s)
Painter as Photographer
- John Hansard Gallery, Southampton 1982-10-30 - 1982-12-04
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery 1982-12-11 - 1983-01-09
- Museum of Modern Art, Oxford 1983-02-06 - 1983-03-13
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter 1983-03-19 - 1983-04-24
- Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham 1983-04-30 - 1983-06-04
- Camden Arts Centre, London 1983-06-24 - 1983-07-13
 
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
137 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 2003-10-16 - 2004-01-18
137 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 2004-02-27 - 2004-06-06
 
The Pre-Raphaelites
130 Nationalmuseum 2009-02-26 - 2009-05-24
 

Literature

Author(s) Date(s) Publisher Pages
The Pre-Raphaelites
2009 Nationalmuseum, Stockholm cat.130, p.208

Associated people

Name Type
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Organised by
Jane Morris Depicted

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