Thursday, June 21, 2012

Bad Emms on the River Lahn



Bad Emms on the River Lahn where Morris stayed six weeks with Jane taking the cure in 1869. The second image is the Kesselbrunnen where the spa waters were dispensed.

Jenny Morris at 18 (1879)



already under treatment for epilepsy.

Jane in Sienna in 1881



Jane in Sienna in 1881 with Thomas James Sanderson, Jane Cobden and her sister Annie who Thomas later married changing his name to Cobden-Sandersen.

May by Frederick Hollyer


Medieval-style jewel casket belonging to Jane



1859, wood bound with studded iron bands 
Society of Antiquaries of London, Kelmscott Manor 202 

The Pre-Raphaelite design of this casket is typical of the work of Philip 
Webb. The panels were painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his wife
Lizzie Siddal. At least one of the paintings appears to have been copied
from a fifteenth-century manuscript. The casket belonged to Jane Burden,
William Morris’s wife, and was possibly given on her marriage in 1859.
http://www.sal.org.uk/newsandevents/makinghistoryexhibtion/

Morris in his working 'uniform'


May about 1864