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Jane Morris seated, leaning forward

Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Parsons

1865 June

Physical Description

Medium: photography
Technique: collodion print
Dimensions: 16.4 x 14.9 cm

Production Description

Production Date: 1865 June
Exhibition History: R.A., 1973; Pre-Raphaelite Photography, A British Council Exhibition (1983); Tokyo 1990
Model: Jane Morris

Provenance

Current Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Catalog Number: 1748.1939
Note: The Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery has a print of the photograph, slightly smaller (14.9 x 14.1 cm).

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This well-known photograph depicts Jane Morris seated, leaning forward with her head turned to the right, resting on her hand, and facing the viewer. DGR posed her in this striking posture and later recurred to the composition in his painting Reverie , done in 1868; the sitter was again Jane Morris.

Bibliography

  • Bartram, Pre-Raphaelite Photography , 38-40.
  • Bartram, The Pre-Raphaelite Camera , Chapters 5-6.
  • DGR 1828-1882: An Exhibition. [Tokyo 1990], 187.
Jane Morris seated, leaning forward
Description: Jane Morris, seated, leaning forward with her head turned to the right, resting on her hand, and facing the viewer. A second copy is in Birmingham.
Copyright: © V&A Picture Library
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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