Mrs. William Morris

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1870? (1857-75)

Physical Description

Medium: oil
Dimensions: circular, 18 in. diameter

Production Description

Production Date: 1870? (1857-75)
Original Cost: gift
Model: Jane Burden Morris
Note: Composite portrait of Jane Morris with the red hair of Elizabeth Siddal; found unfinished in the artist's studio at his death.

Provenance

Current Location: The National Trust (Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton)
Archival History: Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti; Arthur Rossetti; purchased in 1937 by the National Trust

Scholarly Commentary

Production History

Begun by Rossetti, this work was finished after his death by Ford Madox Brown at the request of his daughter, Lucy (Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , 180).

Bibliography

Mrs. William Morris
Copyright: ©Katharine MacDonald, care of Wightwick Manor (National Trust)
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