Jane Morris (Burden) photographs by Emery Walker from National Portrait Gallery

Here are a few photographs of Mrs. William Morris, Jane Burden Morris, wife of William Morris, mother of May and Jenny Morris.
National Portrait Gallery, London, has several photographs of Jane Morris taken two years after the death of her husband, William Morris, which I can only guess is the reason she is dressed in a black dress and what looks like mourning garb. Her friend Emery Walker is the photographer listed and it looks as if the house may be their home, Kelmscott Manor.

 Jane Morris (née Burden)

by Sir Emery Walker
whole-plate glass negative, May 1898, NPG

This one just might be my favorite photograph of the series Jane Morris (née Burden)

by Sir Emery Walker
whole-plate glass negative, May 1898, NPG

 Jane Morris (née Burden)

by Sir Emery Walker
whole-plate glass negative, May 1898, NPG

 

  Jane Morris (née Burden)

by Sir Emery Walker
whole-plate glass negative, May 1898, NPG

  Jane Morris (née Burden)

by Sir Emery Walker
whole-plate glass negative, May 1898, NPG

 I'm sure I'm not the only one who looked at this and thought how similar it was to Evelyn De Morgan's study she painted for The Hour Glass later in 1904. Jane Morris (nee Burden), by Sir Emery Walker, whole-plate glass negative, May 1898, NPG

To see these photographs and more, go to National Portrait Gallery

Study for The Hour Glass by Evelyn De Morgan, 1898

The Hour Glass by Evelyn De Morgan, 1905 

My friend Hermes, has an interesting post about this particular painting over on his Jane Morris blog, The Hour Glass