Copyright: © Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Jane Morris reclining on divan
Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Parsons
1865 June
Physical Description
Medium: photography
Technique: collodion print
Dimensions: 15.7 x 19.1 cm
Production Description
Production Date: 1865 June
Exhibition History: R.A., 1973;
Pre-Raphaelite Photography,
A British Council Exhibition, 1983;
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Exhibition,
UK90 Festival: Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, September 22 through November 14, 1990;
Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, November 21 through December 9, 1990; Ishibashi
Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, Kurume, January 6 through February 11, 1991
Provenance
Current Location: Birmingham City Museums and Art Gallery
Note: The Victoria and Albert
Museum has two other prints,
the 1865 original and a larger
companion print (Record No. 824/42) with dimensions of
25.8 x 20.5 cm.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
sa140ccc.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is one of three prints made from a single negative. Mrs. Morris is reclining on a plush loveseat facing right with her head resting on a black pillow and turned slightly away from the viewer. Her hands are in her lap and the pose is set against a black backdrop. This print is cropped down like the Victoria and Albert's 1865 original. Museum records identify the second copy in the V & A as a modern copy of the original. The modern print shows a larger background area that includes part of a canopy and some of its upholding poles.
Production History
This print was made in 1865.
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