Jane Morris | |
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![]() Jane Morris, 1865 | |
Born | Jane Burden 19 October 1839 Oxford, England |
Died | 26 January 1914 Bath, England | (aged 74)
Occupation(s) | Embroiderer, artist's model |
Known for | Embroidery and Pre-Raphaelites |
Spouse | |
Children | Jenny Morris May Morris |
Relatives | Elizabeth Burden (sister) |
Jane Morris (née Burden; 19 October 1839 – 26 January 1914) was an English embroiderer in the Arts and Crafts movement and an artists' model who embodied the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She was a model and muse to her husband William Morris and to Dante Gabriel Rossetti.[1] Her sister was the embroiderer and teacher Elizabeth Burden.[2]