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Jane Morris standing beside wicker chair [1]

Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Parsons

1865 June

Physical Description

Medium: photography
Technique: collodion print
Dimensions: 25.4 x 20.6 cm
Other Physical Features: Another version of this picture in the Victoria and Albert collection measures 20.4 x 14.2 cm. (Record No. 1750.1939).

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: 866/42

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

Mrs. Morris stands outdoors, her back to the camera, her head turned to the right over her shoulder showing her profile. On the wicker chair to her left a shawl is draped. The only background is the garden vegetation, which is out of focus. A copy, cropped and printed darker, is the print made in 1865. This is a modern copy showing the whole of the original compositional structure.

Bibliography

  • Bartram, Pre-Raphaelite Photography , 38-40.
  • Bartram, The Pre-Raphaelite Camera , Chapters 5-6.
Jane Morris standing beside wicker chair [1]
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