Copyright: © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum
Jane Morris standing with spray of foliage
Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Parsons
1865 June
Physical Description
Medium: photography
Technique: collodion print
Dimensions: 21.9 x 15.6 cm
Other Physical Features: Another version of this picture in the
Victoria and Albert collection measures 25.7 x 20.7 cm. (Record
No. 827/42).
Production Description
Production Date: 1865 June
Exhibition History: R.A., 1973;
Pre-Raphaelite Photography,
A British Council Exhibition (1983)
Provenance
Current Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Catalog Number: 1751.1939
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
sa140j.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is a print made in 1865. Mrs. Morris stands outdoors facing right with her head lowered. Her hands, at her midriff, hold a spray of foliage. The only background is the garden vegetation, which is out of focus. A second print, less cropped and printed darker, is identified in museum records as a modern copy made from the 1865 original negative.
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