Jane Burden (October 19, 1839 – January 26, 1914) was the embodiment of the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She became the wife of William Morris and the inspiration, and possibly mistress, of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Persephone, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. ... This page is about William Morris, the writer, designer and socialist. ... Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12, 1828 - April 10, 1882) was an English poet, painter and translator. ...

Jane Morris painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti as Proserpine (1874)

Jane Morris by Evelyn de Morgan in 1904

She was born in Oxford. At the time of her birth, her father, Robert Burden, was a stableman and lived with his wife (Jane's mother), Ann Burden (formerly Maizey) at St. Helen's Passages, St. Peter in the East, Oxford. Jane's mother, who was illiterate, probably came to Oxford as a domestic servant. Little is known about Jane's childhood but it was clearly one of poverty and deprivation. Image File history File links Jane Morris painted by Rossetti as Proserpine File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Jane Morris painted by Rossetti as Proserpine File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12, 1828 - April 10, 1882) was an English poet, painter and translator. ... Image File history File links Jane Burden, wife of William Morris, by Evelyn de Morgan (1904) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Jane Burden, wife of William Morris, by Evelyn de Morgan (1904) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ... Leland Stanfords horse stable, still in use Horse kept in stable A stable is a building in which livestock, usually horses, are kept. ...

In October 1857, Jane and her sister Elizabeth (known in the family as Bessie) were attending a performance in Oxford of the Drury Lane Theatre Company. Jane was noticed by the artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones who were part of a group of artists painting murals in the Oxford Union based on Arthurian tales. Struck by Jane's beauty, they sought her to model for them. Jane initially sat mainly for Rossetti, who needed a model for Queen Guinivere. After this, Jane sat to Morris, who was working on an easel painting, La Belle Iseult (Tate Gallery). During this period, Morris fell in love with Jane and they were engaged. 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12, 1828 - April 10, 1882) was an English poet, painter and translator. ... Love Among the Ruins, by Edward Burne-Jones. ... Salle des illustres, ceiling painting, by Jean André Rixens. ... The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Oxford Union, is a private debating society in the city of Oxford, England, whose membership is drawn primarily but not exclusively from the University of Oxford. ... A bronze Arthur in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield wearing Kastenbrust armour (early 15th century) by Peter Vischer, typical of later anachronistic depictions of Arthur. ... For other uses, see Guinevere (disambiguation). ... Iseult of Ireland as portrayed Sophia Myles in Tristan & Isolde, 2006. ... The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom is a network of four galleries: Tate Britain (opened 1897), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993), Tate Modern (2000), with a complementary website Tate Online (1998). ...

Jane's education was extremely limited and she was probably intended to go into domestic service. After her engagement, Jane was privately educated. Her keen intelligence allowed her essentially to re-create herself. She was a voracious reader and became proficient in French and later Italian. She also became an accomplished pianist with a strong background in classical music. Her manners and speech became refined to an extent that contemporaries referred to her as "Queenly." Later in life, she would have no trouble moving in upper class circles and she appears to have been the model for Mrs Higgins in Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion (1914). Domestic service also called simply service is the employment of people for wages in their employers residence. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... Upper class refers to the group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. ... George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. ... Play cover, depicting Mrs Campbell as Eliza Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on Ovids tale of Pygmalion. ...

She married William Morris at St. Michael's Church, Oxford, on April 26, 1859. Her father was at that time described as a groom, in stables at 65 Holywell Street, Oxford. This page is about William Morris, the writer, designer and socialist. ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... See also: A groom is a type of officer-servant in the British royal household. ...

Jane Burden and William Morris lived firstly at the Red House in Bexleyheath, Kent. While there, they had two daughters, Jane Alice (Jenny), born January 1861, and Mary (May) (March 1862 – 1938), who was the editor of her father's works. They then lived for many years at Kelmscott Manor, on the Oxfordshire-Wiltshire borders, which is now open to the public. This page is about William Morris, the writer, designer and socialist. ... View of Red House from the garden Red House in Bexleyheath in the southern suburbs of London, England is a key building in the history of the Arts and Crafts movement and of 19th century British architecture. ... Bexleyheath, formerly known as Bexley New Town, part of the London Borough of Bexley, consists of a suburban development located 12 miles (19. ... The Kent coat of arms For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... May Morris as a young girl, 1872, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. ... This article is about 1862 . ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kelmscott Manor is a limestone house in the Cotswold village of Kelmscott. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...

During this time, Jane became closely attached to Dante Gabriel Rossetti and, in addition to being his muse, may have been his lover. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12, 1828 - April 10, 1882) was an English poet, painter and translator. ... In Greek mythology, the Muses (Greek , Mousai: perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- think[1]) are a number of goddesses or spirits who embody the arts and inspire the creation process with their graces through remembered and improvised song and stage, writing, traditional music and dance. ...

In 1884, Jane met the poet and political activist Wilfrid Scawen Blunt at a house party given by her close friend Rosalind Howard (later Countess of Carlisle). There appears to have been an immediate attraction between the two. By 1887 at the latest, the pair had become lovers.^[1] Their sexual relationship would continue until 1894, and they remained close friends until Jane's death. Wilfrid Scawen Blunt Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (August 17, 1840–September 10, 1922) was a British poet and writer. ... Rosalind Frances Howard, Countess of Carlisle (20 February 1845 – 12 August 1921), sometimes known as The Radical Countess, was a British aristocrat and campaigner. ...

Jane Morris was an ardent supporter of Irish Home Rule. Devolution or Home rule is the pooling of powers from central government to government at regional or local level. ...

William Morris died on 3 October 1896 at Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, London. Jane died on 26 January 1914 while staying at 5 Brock Street, Bath. Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, England, approximately 5 miles (8km) west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames. ... is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Bath is a city in Somerset, England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ...

Additional images

Paintings of Jane Morris by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12, 1828 - April 10, 1882) was an English poet, painter and translator. ...

• The Blue Silk Dress, 1868
• Complete image of Persephone or Proserpine, 1874
• Astarte Syriaca, 1875-79. City Art Gallery, Manchester.
• Beatrice, a Portrait of Jane Morris, 1879. Oil on canvas 13 1/2 x 11 inches.
• The Day Dream, 1880. Oil on canvas. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
• La Donna della Fiamma, 1877. Coloured chalks. City of Manchester Art Galleries.
• La Donna della Finestra, 1879. Oil on canvas. Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Cambridge.
• La Donna Della Finestra, 1881 (unfinished).
• Jane Morris, c. 1860. Pencil.
• Jane Morris, 1865.
• Mariana, 1870. City Art Gallery and Museum, Aberdeen.
• Pandora, 1869.
• Pandora, 1871.
• La Pia de' Tolomei, 1866-1870. Oil on canvas. Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas.
• Portrait of Mrs William Morris
• Portrait of Jane Morris, 1858. Pen.
• Proserpine, 1873-1877. Oil on canvus. Tate Gallery, London.
• Reverie, 1868. Chalk on paper. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK.
• The Roseleaf, 1865. Pencil.
• Study of Guinevere for "Sir Lancelot in the Queen's Chamber", 1857.

Photographs of Jane by Rosetti are available at [1]. Image File history File links Jane Morris (The Blue Silk Dress) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. ...

By William Morris This page is about William Morris, the writer, designer and socialist. ...

• Queen Guinevere (also called La Belle Iseult), 1858. Oil.

By Edward Burne-Jones Love Among the Ruins, by Edward Burne-Jones. ...

• The Beguiling of Merlin (1874, Lady Lever Gallery)
• Numerous stained-glass windows, including at Christ Church, Oxford.

By Evelyn De Morgan Evelyn de Morgan (1855-1919) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter. ...

• Portrait of Jane Morris, 1904

Notes

1. ^ Mancoff, p.98

Possibly based on Jane Burden(Morris)/"Venus Verticordia" - oil - 1863-8. Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth

References

• Marsh, Jan (1986). Jane and May Morris: A Biographical Story 1839-1938. London: Pandora Press. ISBN 0-86358-026-2. 
• Marsh, Jan (2000). Jane and May Morris: A Biographical Story 1839-1938, (updated edition, privately published by author), London: Jan Marsh. 
• Mancoff, Debra N. (2000). Jane Morris: The Pre-Raphaelite Model of Beauty. San Francisco: Pomegranate. ISBN 0-7649-1337-9.