Jane Morris 1873 Dante Gabriel Rossetti In the 1870s Rossetti and Jane Morris, the wife of his friend William Morris, became involved emotionally and are believed to have had an extended affair. In 1871 the two families jointly rented Kelmscott Manor, near Oxford, and Rossetti lived there between 1872 and 1874. In the summers, while Morris travelled to Iceland to study Norse sagas, Jane and their two daughters took up residence at Kelmscott. Rossetti's studies of Jane made during this period have a relaxed domenstic quality, showing her seated and reading or dreaming. Later, the artist used th
Jane Morris 1873 Dante Gabriel Rossetti In the 1870s Rossetti and Jane Morris, the wife of his friend William Morris, became involved emotionally and are believed to have had an extended affair. In 1871 the two families jointly rented Kelmscott Manor, near Oxford, and Rossetti lived there between 1872 and 1874. In the summers, while Morris travelled to Iceland to study Norse sagas, Jane and their two daughters took up residence at Kelmscott. Rossetti's studies of Jane made during this period have a relaxed domenstic quality, showing her seated and reading or dreaming. Later, the artist used them as a foundation for major symbolic compositions such as "Mariana" (see MMA ).. Jane Morris. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British, London 1828–1882 Birchington-on-Sea). 1873. Pen and brown ink. Jane Morris (British, Oxford 1839–1914 Bath). Drawings
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